Piła County

Infobox Settlement
name = Piła County
native_name = Powiat pilski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat pilski COA.svg

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map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
area_total_km2 = 1267.1
population_total = 137099
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 90099
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 47000
coor_type = Piła
latd = 53
latm = 9
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 16
longm = 44
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Piła
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Piła
p2 = Gmina Białośliwie
p3 = Gmina Kaczory
p4 = Gmina Łobżenica
p5 = Gmina Miasteczko Krajeńskie
p6 = Gmina Szydłowo
p7 = Gmina Ujście
p8 = Gmina Wyrzysk
p9 = Gmina Wysoka
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = PP
website = http://www.powiat.pila.pl __NOTOC__Piła County ( _pl. powiat pilski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-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 Piła, which lies convert|85|km|mi|0 north of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains four other towns: Wyrzysk, convert|36|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Piła, Ujście, convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Piła, Łobżenica, convert|37|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Piła, and Wysoka, convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Piła.

The county covers an area of convert|1267.1|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 137,099, out of which the population of Piła is 75,044, that of Wyrzysk is 5,234, that of Ujście is 3,899, that of Łobżenica is 3,172, that of Wysoka is 2,750, and the rural population is 47,000.

Neighbouring counties

Piła County is bordered by Złotów County to the north, Sępólno County and Nakło County to the east, Wągrowiec County to the south-east, Chodzież County and Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the south, and Wałcz County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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