Wysokie Mazowieckie County

Infobox Settlement
name = Wysokie Mazowieckie County
native_name = Powiat wysokomazowiecki
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat wysokomazowiecki COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie
area_total_km2 = 1288.49
population_total = 59719
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 14155
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 45564
coor_type = Wysokie Mazowieckie
latd = 52
latm = 55
lats = 9
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 30
longs = 52
longEW = E
seat = Wysokie Mazowieckie
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 10 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Wysokie Mazowieckie
p2 = Gmina Ciechanowiec
p3 = Gmina Czyżew-Osada
p4 = Gmina Klukowo
p5 = Gmina Kobylin-Borzymy
p6 = Gmina Kulesze Kościelne
p7 = Gmina Nowe Piekuty
p8 = Gmina Sokoły
p9 = Gmina Szepietowo
p10 = Gmina Wysokie Mazowieckie
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = BWM
website = http://wysokomazowiecki.pl/ __NOTOC__Wysokie Mazowieckie County ( _pl. powiat wysokomazowiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Wysokie Mazowieckie, which lies convert|49|km|mi|0 south-west of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Ciechanowiec, lying convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Wysokie Mazowieckie.

The county covers an area of convert|1288.49|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 59,719, out of which the population of Wysokie Mazowieckie is 9,257, that of Ciechanowiec is 4,898, and the rural population is 45,564.

Neighbouring counties

Wysokie Mazowieckie County is bordered by Białystok County and Bielsk County to the east, Siemiatycze County and Sokołów County to the south, and Ostrów Mazowiecka County and Zambrów County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]