Chełmno County Explained

Chełmno County
Native Name:Powiat chełmiński
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Image Map1:Kujawsko-pomorskie (EE,E NN,N).png
Map Caption1:Voivodeship on a map of Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Area Total Km2:527.62
Population Total:52018
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:19605
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:32413
Coor Pinpoint:Chełmno
Coordinates:53.3658°N 18.4228°W
Seat:Chełmno
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 7 (incl. 1 urban)
P1:Chełmno
P2:Gmina Chełmno
P3:Gmina Kijewo Królewskie
P4:Gmina Lisewo
P5:Gmina Papowo Biskupie
P6:Gmina Stolno
P7:Gmina Unisław
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:CCH
Website:http://www.powiat-chelmno.pl

Chełmno County (Polish: powiat chełmiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Chełmno, which lies 400NaN0 north of Toruń and 400NaN0 north-east of Bydgoszcz.

The county covers an area of 527.62km2. As of 2019 its total population is 52,018, out of which the population of Chełmno is 19,605 and the rural population is 32,413.

The county includes the protected area called Chełmno Landscape Park, which stretches along the right bank of the Vistula river.

Neighbouring counties

Chełmno County is bordered by Świecie County to the north, Grudziądz County and Wąbrzeźno County to the east, Toruń County to the south, and Bydgoszcz County to the south-west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Chełmnourban13.619,605  
Gmina Unisławrural72.56,967Unisław
Gmina Chełmnorural114.16,084Chełmno *
Gmina Stolnorural98.45,278Stolno
Gmina Liseworural86.25,212Lisewo
Gmina Kijewo Królewskierural72.24,529Kijewo Królewskie
Gmina Papowo Biskupierural70.44,343Papowo Biskupie
  • seat not part of the gmina

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