Brodnica County

Infobox Settlement
name = Brodnica County
native_name = Powiat brodnicki
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat brodnicki 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 = 1038.79
population_total = 75054
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 32644
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 42410
coor_type = Brodnica
latd = 53
latm = 15
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 19
longm = 24
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Brodnica
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 10 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Brodnica
p2 = Gmina Bartniczka
p3 = Gmina Bobrowo
p4 = Gmina Brodnica
p5 = Gmina Brzozie
p6 = Gmina Górzno
p7 = Gmina Jabłonowo Pomorskie
p8 = Gmina Osiek
p9 = Gmina Świedziebnia
p10 = Gmina Zbiczno
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = CBR
website = http://www.brodnica.com.pl __NOTOC__Brodnica County ( _pl. powiat brodnicki) 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 largest town is Brodnica, which lies convert|58|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Toruń and convert|95|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Bydgoszcz. The county also contains the towns of Jabłonowo Pomorskie, lying convert|23|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of Brodnica, and Górzno, convert|18|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Brodnica.

The county covers an area of convert|1038.79|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 75,054, out of which the population of Brodnica is 27,624, that of Jabłonowo Pomorskie is 3,658, that of Górzno is 1,362, and the rural population is 42,410.

The county includes part of the protected area known as Brodnica Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Brodnica County is bordered by Nowe Miasto County to the north, Działdowo County and Żuromin County to the east, Rypin County to the south, Golub-Dobrzyń County to the south-west, and Wąbrzeźno County and Grudziądz County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and seven 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]