- Rybnik County
Infobox Settlement
name = Rybnik County
native_name = Powiat rybnicki
settlement_type =
image_shield = POL powiat rybnicki COA.svg
map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
area_total_km2 = 224.63
population_total = 73527
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 28486
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 45041
coor_type = Rybnik
latd = 50
latm = 5
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 33
longs =
longEW = E
seat =Rybnik
parts_type =Gmina s
parts = Total 5
p1 =Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny
p2 =Gmina Gaszowice
p3 =Gmina Jejkowice
p4 =Gmina Lyski
p5 =Gmina Świerklany
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SRB
website = http://www.starostwo.rybnik.pl/ __NOTOC__Rybnik County ( _pl. powiat rybnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat ) inSilesian Voivodeship , southernPoland . It was created onJanuary 1 ,1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the city ofRybnik , although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only town in Rybnik County isCzerwionka-Leszczyny , which lies convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Rybnik.The county consists of three disjoint parts, separated by the city of Rybnik. The total area of the county is convert|224.63|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 73,527, out of which the population of Czerwionka-Leszczyny is 28,486 and the rural population is 45,041.
Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of
Rybnik , Rybnik County is also bordered byGliwice County to the north,Mikołów County and the city ofŻory to the east, the city ofJastrzębie-Zdrój to the south,Wodzisław County to the south-west, andRacibórz County to the west.Administrative division
The county is subdivided into five
gmina s (one urban-rural 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]
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