Bielsk County

Infobox Settlement
name = Bielsk County
native_name = Powiat Bielski
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat bielski (podlaski) COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie
leader_title = County Executive
leader_name = Slawomir Jerzy Snarski
area_total_km2 = 1385.2
population_total = 59301
population_as_of = 2007
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 30670
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 29377
coor_type = Bielsk Podlaski
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52
latm = 46
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 23
longm = 12
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Bielsk Podlaski
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 8
p1 = Bielsk Podlaski
p2 = Brańsk
p3 = Gmina Bielsk Podlaski
p4 = Gmina Boćki
p5 = Gmina Brańsk
p6 = Gmina Orla
p7 = Gmina Rudka
p8 = Gmina Wyszki
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = BBI
website = http://www.powiatbielski.pl __NOTOC__Bielsk County ( _pl. powiat bielski) 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 Bielsk Podlaski, which lies convert|39|km|mi|0 south of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Brańsk, lying convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Bielsk Podlaski.

The county covers an area of convert|1385.2|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 60,047, out of which the population of Bielsk Podlaski is 26,876, that of Brańsk is 3,794, and the rural population is 29,377.

Neighbouring counties

Bielsk County is bordered by Białystok County to the north, Hajnówka County to the east, Siemiatycze County to the south and Wysokie Mazowieckie County to the west.

Administrative division

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

References