Bytów County

Infobox Settlement
name = Bytów County
native_name = Powiat bytowski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat bytowski COA.svg


map_caption = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 2192.81
population_total = 75313
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 27702
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 47611
coor_type = Bytów
latd = 54
latm = 8
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 17
longm = 30
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Bytów
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 10
p1 = Gmina Borzytuchom
p2 = Gmina Bytów
p3 = Gmina Czarna Dąbrówka
p4 = Gmina Kołczygłowy
p5 = Gmina Lipnica
p6 = Gmina Miastko
p7 = Gmina Parchowo
p8 = Gmina Studzienice
p9 = Gmina Trzebielino
p10 = Gmina Tuchomie
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GBY
website = http://www.powiatbytowski.pl/ __NOTOC__Bytów County ( _pl. powiat bytowski) 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 largest town is Bytów, which lies convert|79|km|mi|0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Miastko, lying convert|37|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Bytów.

The county covers an area of convert|2192.81|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 75,313, out of which the population of Bytów is 16,715, that of Miastko is 10,987, and the rural population is 47,611.

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

Bytów County is bordered by Słupsk County to the north, Lębork County to the north-east, Kartuzy County and Kościerzyna County to the east, Chojnice County and Człuchów County to the south, and Szczecinek County and Koszalin County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (two urban-rural 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]