Rypin County

Infobox Settlement
name = Rypin County
native_name = Powiat rypiński
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat rypiński COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 587.08
population_total = 44306
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 16565
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 27741
coor_type = Rypin
latd = 53
latm = 4
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 19
longm = 27
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Rypin
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 6 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Rypin
p2 = Gmina Brzuze
p3 = Gmina Rogowo
p4 = Gmina Rypin
p5 = Gmina Skrwilno
p6 = Gmina Wąpielsk
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = CRY
website = http://www.powiat.rypinski.lo.pl __NOTOC__Rypin County ( _pl. powiat rypiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Rypin, which lies convert|56|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Toruń and convert|98|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Bydgoszcz.

The county covers an area of convert|587.08|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 44,306, out of which the population of Rypin is 16,565 and the rural population is 27,741.

Neighbouring counties

Rypin County is bordered by Brodnica County to the north, Żuromin County to the east, Sierpc County to the south-east, Lipno County to the south-west and Golub-Dobrzyń County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban and five 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]