Tatra County

Infobox Settlement
name = Tatra County
native_name = Powiat tatrzański
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat tatrzański COA.svg

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map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland
area_total_km2 = 471.62
population_total = 65393
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 27486
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 37907
coor_type = Zakopane
latd = 49
latm = 18
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 19
longm = 57
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Zakopane
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 5 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Zakopane
p2 = Gmina Biały Dunajec
p3 = Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska
p4 = Gmina Kościelisko
p5 = Gmina Poronin
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = KTT
website = http://www.powiat.tatry.pl __NOTOC__Tatra County ( _pl. powiat tatrzański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. 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 Zakopane, which lies convert|85|km|mi|0 south of the regional capital Kraków. The county takes its name from the Tatra mountain range, which covers most of its territory.

The county covers an area of convert|471.62|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 65,393, out of which the population of Zakopane is 27,486 and the rural population is 37,907.

The mountainous southern part of the county (211 km²) makes up the Tatra National Park. This area, together with the Slovakian Tatra National Park across the border, make up a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve.

Neighbouring counties

Tatra County is bordered by only one other Polish county, Nowy Targ County, which lies to the north. To the east, west and south it is bordered by Slovakia.

Administrative division

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