Pszczyna County

Pszczyna County Powiat pszczyński
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Silesian Voivodeship
Coordinates (Pszczyna): 49°59′N 18°57′E / 49.983°N 18.950°ECoordinates: 49°59′N 18°57′E / 49.983°N 18.950°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
Seat	Pszczyna
Gminas	Total 6 Gmina Goczałkowice-Zdrój Gmina Kobiór Gmina Miedźna Gmina Pawłowice Gmina Pszczyna Gmina Suszec
Area
• Total	473.46 km^2 (182.80 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	104,638
• Density	220/km^2 (570/sq mi)
• Urban	25,621
• Rural	79,017
Car plates	SPS
Website	http://www.powiat.pszczyna.pl

Pszczyna County (Polish: powiat pszczyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian 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 only town is Pszczyna, which lies 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.

The county covers an area of 473.46 square kilometres (182.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 104,638, out of which the population of Pszczyna is 25,621 and the rural population is 79,017.

Neighbouring counties

Pszczyna County is bordered by Mikołów County, the city of Tychy and Bieruń-Lędziny County to the north, Oświęcim County to the east, Bielsko County to the south, Cieszyn County to the south-west, and the cities of Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Żory to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Pszczyna	urban-rural	174.0	49,887	Pszczyna
Gmina Pawłowice	rural	75.8	17,667	Pawłowice
Gmina Miedźna	rural	49.9	15,461	Miedźna
Gmina Suszec	rural	75.6	10,761	Suszec
Gmina Goczałkowice-Zdrój	rural	48.6	6,263	Goczałkowice-Zdrój
Gmina Kobiór	rural	49.5	4,599	Kobiór

References

• Polish official population figures 2006