Suwałki County
title: "Suwałki County" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["suwałki-county", "populated-places-established-in-1999", "land-counties-of-podlaskie-voivodeship", "1999-establishments-in-poland"] topic_path: "geography/poland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwałki_County" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Suwałki County |
| native_name | Powiat suwalski |
| settlement_type | County |
| total_type | Total |
| image_flag | POL powiat suwalski flag.svg |
| image_shield | POL powiat suwalski COA.svg |
| image_map | POL powiat suwalski map.svg |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Voivodeship |
| subdivision_name1 | Podlaskie |
| area_total_km2 | 1307.31 |
| population_total | 35,689 |
| population_as_of | 2019 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| coor_pinpoint | Suwałki |
| coordinates | |
| seat | Suwałki |
| parts_type | Gminas |
| parts | Total 9 |
| p1 | Gmina Bakałarzewo |
| p2 | Gmina Filipów |
| p3 | Gmina Jeleniewo |
| p4 | Gmina Przerośl |
| p5 | Gmina Raczki |
| p6 | Gmina Rutka-Tartak |
| p7 | Gmina Suwałki |
| p8 | Gmina Szypliszki |
| p9 | Gmina Wiżajny |
| blank_name | Car plates |
| blank_info | BSU |
| website | http://www.powiat.suwalski.pl/ |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the present-day Polish county (powiat) ::
| name = Suwałki County | native_name = Powiat suwalski | settlement_type = County | total_type = Total | image_flag = POL powiat suwalski flag.svg | image_shield = POL powiat suwalski COA.svg | image_map=POL powiat suwalski map.svg |map_caption=Location within the voivodeship | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie | area_total_km2 = 1307.31 | population_total = 35,689 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_density_km2 = auto | coor_pinpoint = Suwałki | coordinates = | seat = Suwałki | parts_type = Gminas | parts = Total 9 | p1 = Gmina Bakałarzewo | p2 = Gmina Filipów | p3 = Gmina Jeleniewo | p4 = Gmina Przerośl | p5 = Gmina Raczki | p6 = Gmina Rutka-Tartak | p7 = Gmina Suwałki | p8 = Gmina Szypliszki | p9 = Gmina Wiżajny | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = BSU | website = http://www.powiat.suwalski.pl/ }} NOTOC Suwałki County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Suwałki, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county); there are no towns within the county.
The county covers an area of 1307.31 km2. As of 2019 its total population is 35,689. It includes the protected area known as Suwałki Landscape Park.
Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of Suwałki, Suwałki County is also bordered by Sejny County to the east, Augustów County to the south, Ełk County to the south-west, and Olecko County and Gołdap County to the west. It also borders Lithuanian Kalvarija Municipality and Vilkaviškis District Municipality to the north.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into nine gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
References
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