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Kościerzyna County


FieldValue
nameKościerzyna County
native_namePowiat kościerski
settlement_typeCounty
total_typeTotal
image_flagPOL powiat kościerski flag.svg
image_shieldPOL powiat kościerski COA.svg
image_mapPowiat koscierski.png
map_captionDivision into gminas
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Voivodeship
subdivision_name1Pomeranian
area_total_km21165.85
population_total72,589
population_as_of2019
population_density_km2auto
population_urban23776
population_blank1_titleRural
population_blank148813
coor_pinpointKościerzyna
coordinates
seatKościerzyna
parts_typeGminas
partsTotal 8 (incl. 1 urban)
p1Kościerzyna
p2Gmina Dziemiany
p3Gmina Karsin
p4Gmina Kościerzyna
p5Gmina Liniewo
p6Gmina Lipusz
p7Gmina Nowa Karczma
p8Gmina Stara Kiszewa
blank_nameCar plates
blank_infoGKS
websitehttps://www.powiatkoscierski.pl/

NOTOC Kościerzyna County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kościerzyna, which lies 51 km south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Its borders equal approximately the borders of the old Marquessate of Berent in the German Empire.

The county covers an area of 1165.85 km2. As of 2019 its total population is 72,589, out of which the population of Kościerzyna is 23,776, and the rural population is 48,813.

Kościerzyna County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kościerzyna County is bordered by Kartuzy County to the north, Gdańsk County and Starogard County to the east, Chojnice County to the south, and Bytów County to the west.

History

Before the First Partition of the First Polish Republic in 1772, there was a non-town Kościerzyna County Council. During the Prussian partition in 1818–1919, the Prussian district "Landkreis Berent" functioned. In the years 1920-1939 (the Second Polish Republic) and 1945-1975 (PRL) there was a Kościerzyna Land District. In the period of September 1939 - February / March 1945, the area of the county was under German occupation.

In 1920, the county granted to Poland covered the area of 117,698 ha and was smaller than its Prussian counterpart of 6,301 ha, which left for the Free City of Gdańsk (villages of Częstocin, Trzepowo, Gromadzin, Czarna Huta, Borowina, Olszanka, Sucha Huta, and Pawłowo).

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

References

  1. GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June".
  2. Franciszek Mamuszka, Izabella Trojanowska. (1972). "Kościerzyna i ziemia kościerska". Wydawnictwo Morskie.
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