Kołobrzeg County Explained

Kołobrzeg County
Native Name:Powiat kołobrzeski
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Map Caption1:Division into gminas
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:West Pomeranian
Area Total Km2:725.86
Population Total:76089
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:44794
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:31295
Coor Pinpoint:Kołobrzeg
Coordinates:54.1667°N 49°W
Seat:Kołobrzeg
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 7 (incl. 1 urban)
P1:Kołobrzeg
P2:Gmina Dygowo
P3:Gmina Gościno
P4:Gmina Kołobrzeg
P5:Gmina Rymań
P6:Gmina Siemyśl
P7:Gmina Ustronie Morskie
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:ZKL
Website:http://www.powiat.kolobrzeg.pl

Kołobrzeg County (Polish: powiat kołobrzeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is Kołobrzeg, which lies on the coast 106km (66miles) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. Its only other town is Gościno.

The county covers an area of 725.86km2. As of 2006 its total population was 76,089, out of which the population of Kołobrzeg was 44,794 and the rural population was 31,295.

Neighbouring counties

Kołobrzeg County is bordered by Koszalin County to the east, Białogard County to the south-east, Świdwin County and Łobez County to the south, and Gryfice County to the south-west. It also borders the Baltic Sea to the north.

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
(2006)
Seat
Kołobrzegurban25.744,794 
Gmina Kołobrzegrural144.89,176Kołobrzeg *
Gmina Dygoworural128.65,605Dygowo
Gmina Gościnourban-rural116.05,136Gościno
Gmina Rymańrural146.14,183Rymań
Gmina Ustronie Morskierural57.33,613Ustronie Morskie
Gmina Siemyślrural107.43,582Siemyśl
  • seat not part of the gmina

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