Pisz County

Infobox Settlement
name = Pisz County
native_name = Powiat piski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat piski COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship


map_caption1 = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian
area_total_km2 = 1776.17
population_total = 57553
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 34036
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 23517
coor_type = Pisz
latd = 53
latm = 37
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 21
longm = 48
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Pisz
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 4
p1 = Gmina Biała Piska
p2 = Gmina Orzysz
p3 = Gmina Pisz
p4 = Gmina Ruciane-Nida
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = NPI
website = http://www.powiat.pisz.pl __NOTOC__Pisz County ( _pl. powiat piski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian 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 Pisz, which lies convert|88|km|mi|0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county contains three other towns: Orzysz, convert|24|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Pisz, Ruciane-Nida, convert|17|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Pisz, and Biała Piska, convert|18|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Pisz.

The county covers an area of convert|1776.17|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 57,553, out of which the population of Pisz is 19,332, that of Orzysz is 5,804, that of Ruciane-Nida is 4,894, that of Biała Piska is 4,006, and the rural population is 23,517.

Neighbouring counties

Pisz County is bordered by Giżycko County to the north, Ełk County and Grajewo County to the east, Kolno County and Ostrołęka County to the south, Szczytno County to the west, and Mrągowo County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into four gminas (all urban-rural, centred on the four towns). 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]