Tuchola County

Infobox Settlement
name = Tuchola County
native_name = Powiat tucholski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat tucholski COA.svg

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map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1075.27
population_total = 47230
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 13935
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 33295
coor_type = Tuchola
latd = 53
latm = 36
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 17
longm = 51
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Tuchola
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 6
p1 = Gmina Cekcyn
p2 = Gmina Gostycyn
p3 = Gmina Kęsowo
p4 = Gmina Lubiewo
p5 = Gmina Śliwice
p6 = Gmina Tuchola
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = CTU
website = http://www.powiat.tuchola.pl/ __NOTOC__Tuchola County ( _pl. powiat tucholski) 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 Tuchola, which lies convert|55|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Bydgoszcz and convert|81|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of Toruń.

The county covers an area of convert|1075.27|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 47,230, out of which the population of Tuchola is 13,935 and the rural population is 33,295.

The county contains most of the protected area called Tuchola Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Tuchola County is bordered by Starogard County to the north-east, Świecie County to the east, Bydgoszcz County to the south, Sępólno County to the south-west and Chojnice County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural 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]