Dąbrowa County

Dąbrowa County Powiat dąbrowski
—  County  —
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Dąbrowa Tarnowska): 50°10′N 20°59′E / 50.167°N 20.983°E / 50.167; 20.983Coordinates: 50°10′N 20°59′E / 50.167°N 20.983°E / 50.167; 20.983
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
Seat	Dąbrowa Tarnowska
Gminas	Total 7 Gmina Bolesław Gmina Dąbrowa Tarnowska Gmina Gręboszów Gmina Mędrzechów Gmina Olesno Gmina Radgoszcz Gmina Szczucin
Area
– Total	530.0 km2 (204.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
– Total	58,572
– Density	110.5/km2 (286.2/sq mi)
– Urban	15,328
– Rural	43,244
Car plates	KDA
Website	http://www.powiatdabrowski.pl

Dąbrowa County (Polish: powiat dąbrowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, which lies 76 kilometres (47 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków. Its only other town is Szczucin, lying 16 km (9.9 mi) north of Dąbrowa Tarnowska.

The county covers an area of 530.0 square kilometres (204.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 58,572, out of which the population of Dąbrowa Tarnowska is 11,259, that of Szczucin is 4,069, and the rural population is 43,244.

Neighbouring counties

Dąbrowa County is bordered by Busko County and Staszów County to the north, Mielec County and Dębica County to the east, Tarnów County to the south, and Kazimierza County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into seven gminas (two urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Dąbrowa Tarnowska	urban-rural	113.4	20,180	Dąbrowa Tarnowska
Gmina Szczucin	urban-rural	119.8	13,369	Szczucin
Gmina Olesno	rural	77.8	7,633	Olesno
Gmina Radgoszcz	rural	88.3	7,315	Radgoszcz
Gmina Mędrzechów	rural	43.7	3,608	Mędrzechów
Gmina Gręboszów	rural	48.6	3,599	Gręboszów
Gmina Bolesław	rural	35.4	2,868	Bolesław

References

• Polish official population figures 2006

See also

• List of villages in Dąbrowa County