Augustów County Explained

Augustów County
Native Name:Powiat augustowski
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Area Total Km2:1658.27
Population As Of:2019-06-30[1]
Population Total:58205
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:32516
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:25689
Coor Pinpoint:Augustów
Coordinates:53.85°N 80°W
Seat:Augustów
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 7 (incl. 1 urban)
P1:Augustów
P2:Gmina Augustów
P3:Gmina Bargłów Kościelny
P4:Gmina Lipsk
P5:Gmina Nowinka
P6:Gmina Płaska
P7:Gmina Sztabin
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BAU
Website:http://www.augustowski.home.pl

Augustów County (Polish: powiat augustowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest city is Augustów, which lies 83km (52miles) north of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Lipsk, lying 320NaN0 south-east of Augustów.

The county covers an area of 1658.27km2. As of 2019 its total population is 58,205.

Neighbouring counties

Augustów County is bordered by Sokółka County to the south-east, Mońki County to the south, Grajewo County and Ełk County to the west, Suwałki County to the north, and Sejny County to the north-east. It also borders Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Augustówurban80.930,190 
Gmina Augustówrural266.56,764Augustów
Gmina Bargłów Kościelnyrural187.65,545Bargłów Kościelny
Gmina Lipskurban-rural184.45,129Lipsk
Gmina Sztabinrural361.85,079Sztabin
Gmina Nowinkarural203.82,904Nowinka
Gmina Płaskarural373.22,594Płaska
  • seat not part of the gmina

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June. stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. 2020-02-14. 2021-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419132648/https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/population-size-and-structure-and-vital-statistics-in-poland-by-territorial-divison-in-2019-as-of-30th-june,3,26.html. dead.