Węgrów County

Infobox Settlement
name = Węgrów County
native_name = Powiat węgrowski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat węgrowski COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship

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map_caption1 = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Masovian
area_total_km2 = 1219.18
population_total = 67823
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 19058
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 48765
coor_type = Węgrów
latd = 52
latm = 24
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 1
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Węgrów
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Węgrów
p2 = Gmina Grębków
p3 = Gmina Korytnica
p4 = Gmina Liw
p5 = Gmina Łochów
p6 = Gmina Miedzna
p7 = Gmina Sadowne
p8 = Gmina Stoczek
p9 = Gmina Wierzbno
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WWE
website = http://www.powiatwegrowski.pl __NOTOC__Węgrów County ( _pl. powiat węgrowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central 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 Węgrów, which lies convert|73|km|mi|0 east of Warsaw. The only other town in the county is Łochów, lying convert|26|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of Węgrów.

The county covers an area of convert|1219.18|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 67,823, out of which the population of Węgrów is 12,606, that of Łochów is 6,452, and the rural population is 48,765.

Neighbouring counties

Węgrów County is bordered by Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the north, Sokołów County to the east, Siedlce County to the south, Mińsk County to the south-west, and Wołomin County and Wyszków County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural 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]