Kwidzyn County

Infobox Settlement
name = Kwidzyn County
native_name = Powiat kwidzyński
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat kwidzyński COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 834.64
population_total = 80704
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 46302
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 34402
coor_type = Kwidzyn
latd = 53
latm = 44
lats = 9
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 55
longs = 51
longEW = E
seat = Kwidzyn
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 6 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Kwidzyn
p2 = Gmina Gardeja
p3 = Gmina Kwidzyn
p4 = Gmina Prabuty
p5 = Gmina Ryjewo
p6 = Gmina Sadlinki
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GKW
website = http://www.powiatkwidzynski.pl __NOTOC__Kwidzyn County ( _pl. powiat kwidzyński) 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 Kwidzyn, which lies convert|73|km|mi|0 south of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Prabuty, lying convert|18|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Kwidzyn.

The county covers an area of convert|834.64|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 80,704, out of which the population of Kwidzyn is 37,814, that of Prabuty is 8,488, and the rural population is 34,402.

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

Kwidzyn County is bordered by Tczew County to the west, Sztum County to the north, Iława County to the east, Grudziądz County to the south and Świecie County to the south-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban, one 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]