Nowy Dwór Gdański County

Nowy Dwór Gdański County Powiat nowodworski
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Flag Coat of arms
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Nowy Dwór Gdański): 54°13′N 19°7′E / 54.217°N 19.117°E / 54.217; 19.117Coordinates: 54°13′N 19°7′E / 54.217°N 19.117°E / 54.217; 19.117
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
Seat	Nowy Dwór Gdański
Gminas	Total 5 (incl. 1 urban) Krynica Morska Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański Gmina Ostaszewo Gmina Stegna Gmina Sztutowo
Area
– Total	652.75 km2 (252 sq mi)
Population (2006)
– Total	35,498
– Density	54.4/km2 (140.8/sq mi)
– Urban	11,319
– Rural	24,179
Car plates	GND
Website	http://www.nowydworgdanski.pl

Not to be confused with Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, which has the same name in Polish.

Nowy Dwór Gdański County (Polish: powiat nowodworski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nowy Dwór Gdański, which lies 36 kilometres (22 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Krynica Morska, lying 29 km (18 mi) north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, on the Vistula Spit.

The county covers an area of 652.75 square kilometres (252.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 35,498, out of which the population of Nowy Dwór Gdański is 9,948, that of Krynica Morska is 1,371, and the rural population is 24,179.

Kartuzy

Wejherowo

Puck

Gdynia

Sopot

Gdańsk

Gdańsk

N. Dwór Gd.

Lębork

Słupsk

Słupsk

Tczew

Malbork

Sztum

Kwidzyn

Kościerzyna

Człuchów

Chojnice

Bytów

Starogard
Gdański

Nowy Dwór Gdański County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Nowy Dwór Gdański County is bordered by the Vistula Lagoon to the east, Elbląg County to the south-east, Malbork County to the south, Gdańsk County and the city of Gdańsk to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also has a short land border with Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the north-east, on the Vistula Spit.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański	urban-rural	213.0	17,887	Nowy Dwór Gdański
Gmina Stegna	rural	169.6	9,519	Stegna
Gmina Sztutowo	rural	107.5	3,517	Sztutowo
Gmina Ostaszewo	rural	60.7	3,204	Ostaszewo
Krynica Morska	urban	102.0	1,371

References

• Polish official population figures 2006