Tarnowskie Góry County

Infobox Settlement
name = Tarnowskie Góry County
native_name = Powiat tarnogórski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat tarnogórski COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
area_total_km2 = 642.63
population_total = 137979
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 94352
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 43627
coor_type = Tarnowskie Góry
latd = 50
latm = 27
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 52
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Tarnowskie Góry
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9 (incl. 4 urban)
p1 = Kalety
p2 = Miasteczko Śląskie
p3 = Radzionków
p4 = Tarnowskie Góry
p5 = Gmina Krupski Młyn
p6 = Gmina Ożarowice
p7 = Gmina Świerklaniec
p8 = Gmina Tworóg
p9 = Gmina Zbrosławice
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = STA
website = http://www.powiat.tarnogorski.pl/ __NOTOC__Tarnowskie Góry County ( _pl. powiat tarnogórski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern 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 Tarnowskie Góry, which lies convert|25|km|mi|0 north-west of the regional capital Katowice. The county contains three other towns: Radzionków, convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Tarnowskie Góry, Kalety, convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Tarnowskie Góry, and Miasteczko Śląskie, convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Tarnowskie Góry.

The county covers an area of convert|642.63|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 137,979, out of which the population of Tarnowskie Góry is 61,107, that of Radzionków is 17,220, that of Kalety is 8,657, that of Miasteczko Śląskie is 7,368, and the rural population is 43,627.

Neighbouring counties

Tarnowskie Góry County is bordered by Lubliniec County to the north, Myszków County to the east, Będzin County and the city of Piekary Śląskie to the south-east, the cities of Bytom and Zabrze to the south, the city of Gliwice and Gliwice County to the south-west, and Strzelce County to the west.

Administrative division

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