Brzesko County
title: "Brzesko County" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["brzesko-county", "land-counties-of-lesser-poland-voivodeship"] topic_path: "geography/poland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzesko_County" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Brzesko County |
| native_name | Powiat brzeski |
| settlement_type | County |
| total_type | Total |
| image_flag | POL powiat brzeski (małopolski) flag.svg |
| image_shield | POL_powiat_brzeski_COA.svg |
| image_map | POL powiat brzeski on voivodship map.svg |
| map_caption | Location within the voivodeship |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Voivodeship |
| subdivision_name1 | Lesser Poland |
| area_total_km2 | 590 |
| population_as_of | 2019 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 19137 |
| population_blank1_title | Rural |
| population_blank1 | 74002 |
| coor_pinpoint | Brzesko |
| coordinates | |
| seat | Brzesko |
| parts_type | Gminas |
| parts | Total 7 |
| p1 | Gmina Borzęcin |
| p2 | Gmina Brzesko |
| p3 | Gmina Czchów |
| p4 | Gmina Dębno |
| p5 | Gmina Gnojnik |
| p6 | Gmina Iwkowa |
| p7 | Gmina Szczurowa |
| blank_name | Car plates |
| blank_info | KBR |
| website | https://web.archive.org/web/20141218185546/http://powiatbrzeski.com.pl/ |
| :: |
| name = Brzesko County | native_name = Powiat brzeski | settlement_type = County | total_type = Total | image_flag = POL powiat brzeski (małopolski) flag.svg | image_shield = POL_powiat_brzeski_COA.svg | image_map = POL powiat brzeski on voivodship map.svg | map_caption = Location within the voivodeship | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland | area_total_km2 = 590| population_total = 93139 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = 19137 | population_blank1_title = Rural | population_blank1 = 74002 | coor_pinpoint = Brzesko | coordinates = | seat = Brzesko | parts_type = Gminas | parts = Total 7 | p1 = Gmina Borzęcin | p2 = Gmina Brzesko | p3 = Gmina Czchów | p4 = Gmina Dębno | p5 = Gmina Gnojnik | p6 = Gmina Iwkowa | p7 = Gmina Szczurowa | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = KBR | website = https://web.archive.org/web/20141218185546/http://powiatbrzeski.com.pl/ }} NOTOC Brzesko County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Brzesko, which lies 50 km east of the regional capital Kraków. The only other town in the county is Czchów, lying 14 km south of Brzesko.
The county covers an area of 590 km2. As of 2019 its total population is 93,139, out of which the population of Brzesko is 16,792, that of Czchów is 2,345, and the rural population is 74,002.
Neighbouring counties
Brzesko County is bordered by Tarnów County to the east, Nowy Sącz County and Limanowa County to the south, Bochnia County to the west, and Proszowice County to the north-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.
References
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