Pińczów County

Pińczów County Powiat pińczowski
County
View from Mount St. Anne in Pińczów
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Pińczów): 50°32′N 20°32′E / 50.533°N 20.533°ECoordinates: 50°32′N 20°32′E / 50.533°N 20.533°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Świętokrzyskie
Seat	Pińczów
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Działoszyce Gmina Kije Gmina Michałów Gmina Pińczów Gmina Złota
Area
• Total	611.03 km^2 (235.92 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	42,127
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban	12,954
• Rural	29,173
Car plates	TPI
Website	http://www.pinczow.pl

Pińczów County (Polish: powiat pińczowski) 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 Pińczów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Działoszyce, lying 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Pińczów.

The county covers an area of 611.03 square kilometres (235.9 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 42,127, out of which the population of Pińczów is 11,886, that of Działoszyce is 1,068, and the rural population is 29,173.

Neighbouring counties

Pińczów County is bordered by Kielce County to the north, Busko County to the east, Kazimierza County to the south, Miechów County to the west and Jędrzejów County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (two urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Pińczów	urban-rural	212.8	22,147	Pińczów
Gmina Działoszyce	urban-rural	105.5	5,640	Działoszyce
Gmina Złota	rural	81.7	4,877	Złota
Gmina Michałów	rural	112.2	4,839	Michałów
Gmina Kije	rural	99.3	4,624	Kije

References

• Polish official population figures 2006