Opatów County
title: "Opatów County" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["opatów-county", "land-counties-of-świętokrzyskie-voivodeship"] topic_path: "general/opatow-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opatów_County" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Opatów County |
| native_name | Powiat opatowski |
| settlement_type | County |
| total_type | Total |
| image_shield | POL powiat opatowski COA.svg |
| image_map | powiat_opatow.svg |
| map_caption | Location within the voivodeship |
| image_map1 | Pow opat 2.svg |
| map_caption1 | Division into gminas |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Voivodeship |
| subdivision_name1 | Świętokrzyskie |
| area_total_km2 | 911.51 |
| population_total | 53,942 |
| population_as_of | 2019 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 11035 |
| population_blank1_title | Rural |
| population_blank1 | 42907 |
| coor_pinpoint | Opatów |
| coordinates | |
| seat | Opatów |
| parts_type | Gminas |
| parts | Total 8 |
| p1 | Gmina Baćkowice |
| p2 | Gmina Iwaniska |
| p3 | Gmina Lipnik |
| p4 | Gmina Opatów |
| p5 | Gmina Ożarów |
| p6 | Gmina Sadowie |
| p7 | Gmina Tarłów |
| p8 | Gmina Wojciechowice |
| blank_name | Car plates |
| blank_info | TOP |
| website | http://www.opatow.pl |
| :: |
| name = Opatów County | native_name = Powiat opatowski | settlement_type = County | total_type = Total | image_flag = | image_shield = POL powiat opatowski COA.svg | image_map = powiat_opatow.svg | map_caption = Location within the voivodeship | image_map1 = Pow opat 2.svg | map_caption1 = Division into gminas | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Świętokrzyskie | area_total_km2 = 911.51 | population_total = 53,942 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = 11035 | population_blank1_title = Rural | population_blank1 = 42907 | coor_pinpoint = Opatów | coordinates = | seat = Opatów | parts_type = Gminas | parts = Total 8 | p1 = Gmina Baćkowice | p2 = Gmina Iwaniska | p3 = Gmina Lipnik | p4 = Gmina Opatów | p5 = Gmina Ożarów | p6 = Gmina Sadowie | p7 = Gmina Tarłów | p8 = Gmina Wojciechowice | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = TOP | website = http://www.opatow.pl }} NOTOC Opatów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central 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 Opatów, which lies 58 km east of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Ożarów, lying 20 km north-east of Opatów.
The county covers an area of 911.51 km2. As of 2019 its total population is 53,942, out of which the population of Opatów is 6,466, that of Ożarów is 4,569, and the rural population is 42,907.
Neighbouring counties
Opatów County is bordered by Ostrowiec County and Lipsko County to the north, Opole Lubelskie County to the north-east, Kraśnik County and Sandomierz County to the east, Staszów County to the south-west, and Kielce County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight gminas (two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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