Toruń County

Infobox Settlement
name = Toruń County
native_name = Powiat toruński
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat toruński COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1229.71
population_total = 89505
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 15273
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 74232
coor_type = Toruń
latd = 53
latm = 2
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 37
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Toruń
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Chełmża
p2 = Gmina Chełmża
p3 = Gmina Czernikowo
p4 = Gmina Łubianka
p5 = Gmina Lubicz
p6 = Gmina Łysomice
p7 = Gmina Obrowo
p8 = Gmina Wielka Nieszawka
p9 = Gmina Zławieś Wielka
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = CTR
website = http://www.powiattorunski.pl __NOTOC__Toruń County ( _pl. powiat toruński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. 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 Toruń, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only town in Toruń County is Chełmża, which lies convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Toruń.

The county covers an area of convert|1229.71|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 89,505, out of which the population of Chełmża is 15,273 and the rural population is 74,232.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Toruń, Toruń County is also bordered by Chełmno County to the north, Wąbrzeźno County to the north-east, Golub-Dobrzyń County and Lipno County to the east, Aleksandrów County to the south, Inowrocław County to the south-west, and the city of Bydgoszcz and Bydgoszcz County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban 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]