Żywiec County

Infobox Settlement
name = Żywiec County
native_name = Powiat żywiecki
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat żywiecki COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
area_total_km2 = 1039.96
population_total = 149492
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 32078
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 117414
coor_type = Żywiec
latd = 49
latm = 41
lats = 21
latNS = N
longd = 19
longm = 12
longs = 21
longEW = E
seat = Żywiec
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 15 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Żywiec
p2 = Gmina Czernichów
p3 = Gmina Gilowice
p4 = Gmina Jeleśnia
p5 = Gmina Koszarawa
p6 = Gmina Łękawica
p7 = Gmina Lipowa
p8 = Gmina Łodygowice
p9 = Gmina Milówka
p10 = Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz
p11 = Gmina Rajcza
p12 = Gmina Ślemień
p13 = Gmina Świnna
p14 = Gmina Ujsoły
p15 = Gmina Węgierska Górka
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SZY
website = http://www.starostwo.zywiec.pl/ __NOTOC__Żywiec County ( _pl. powiat żywiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian 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 Żywiec, which lies convert|64|km|mi|0 south of the regional capital Katowice.

The county covers an area of convert|1039.96|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 149,492, out of which the population of Żywiec is 32,078 and the rural population is 117,414.

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

Neighbouring counties

Żywiec County is bordered by Cieszyn County to the west, the city of Bielsko-Biała and Bielsko County to the north, Wadowice County to the north-east, and Sucha County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 15 gminas (one urban and 14 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]