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.
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.
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.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2006) | Seat |
Kołobrzeg | urban | 25.7 | 44,794 | |
Gmina Kołobrzeg | rural | 144.8 | 9,176 | Kołobrzeg * |
Gmina Dygowo | rural | 128.6 | 5,605 | Dygowo |
Gmina Gościno | urban-rural | 116.0 | 5,136 | Gościno |
Gmina Rymań | rural | 146.1 | 4,183 | Rymań |
Gmina Ustronie Morskie | rural | 57.3 | 3,613 | Ustronie Morskie |
Gmina Siemyśl | rural | 107.4 | 3,582 | Siemyśl |
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