Kościerzyna County

Infobox Settlement
name = Kościerzyna County
native_name = Powiat kościerski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat kościerski COA.svg


map_caption = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1165.85
population_total = 66778
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 23016
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 43762
coor_type = Kościerzyna
latd = 54
latm = 7
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 17
longm = 59
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Kościerzyna
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 8 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Kościerzyna
p2 = Gmina Dziemiany
p3 = Gmina Karsin
p4 = Gmina Kościerzyna
p5 = Gmina Liniewo
p6 = Gmina Lipusz
p7 = Gmina Nowa Karczma
p8 = Gmina Stara Kiszewa
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GKS
website = __NOTOC__Kościerzyna County ( _pl. powiat kościerski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kościerzyna, which lies convert|51|km|mi|0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

The county covers an area of convert|1165.85|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 66,778, out of which the population of Kościerzyna is 23,016 and the rural population is 43,762.

"Kościerzyna County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship"

Kościerzyna County is bordered by Kartuzy County to the north, Gdańsk County and Starogard County to the east, Chojnice County to the south, and Bytów County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban and seven 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]