Suwałki County

Infobox Settlement
name = Suwałki County
native_name = Powiat suwalski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat suwalski COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie
area_total_km2 = 1307.31
population_total = 35136
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
coor_type = Suwałki
latd = 54
latm = 5
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 56
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Suwałki
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9
p1 = Gmina Bakałarzewo
p2 = Gmina Filipów
p3 = Gmina Jeleniewo
p4 = Gmina Przerośl
p5 = Gmina Raczki
p6 = Gmina Rutka-Tartak
p7 = Gmina Suwałki
p8 = Gmina Szypliszki
p9 = Gmina Wiżajny
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = BSU
website = http://www.powiat.suwalski.pl/ __NOTOC__:"This article is about the present-day Polish county (powiat). For general information about the region and its history, see the articles on Suwałki and Suwałki Region."

Suwałki County ( _pl. powiat suwalski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Suwałki, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). In fact there are no towns within the county.

The county covers an area of convert|1307.31|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 35,136. It includes the protected area known as Suwałki Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Suwałki, Suwałki County is also bordered by Sejny County to the east, Augustów County to the south, Ełk County to the south-west, and Olecko County and Gołdap County to the west. It also borders Lithuania to the north.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas. 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]