Kozienice County Explained

Kozienice County
Native Name:Powiat kozienicki
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Image Map1:POL powiat kozienicki map.svg
Map Caption1:Division into gminas
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Area Total Km2:916.96
Population Total:60253
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:17208
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:43045
Coor Pinpoint:Kozienice
Coordinates:51.5833°N 55°W
Seat:Kozienice
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 7
P1:Gmina Garbatka-Letnisko
P2:Gmina Głowaczów
P3:Gmina Gniewoszów
P4:Gmina Grabów nad Pilicą
P5:Gmina Kozienice
P6:Gmina Magnuszew
P7:Gmina Sieciechów
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:WKZ
Website:http://www.kozienicepowiat.pl

Kozienice County (Polish: powiat kozienicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kozienice, which lies 81km (50miles) south-east of Warsaw.

The county covers an area of 916.96km2. As of 2019, its total population is 60,253, out of which the population of Kozienice is 17,208 and the rural population is 43,045.[1]

The county includes part of the protected area called Kozienice Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Kozienice County is bordered by Garwolin County to the north, Ryki County to the east, Puławy County to the south-east, Zwoleń County to the south, Radom County to the south-west, and Białobrzegi County and Grójec County to the west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Gmina Kozieniceurban-rural245.629,562Kozienice
Gmina Głowaczówrural186.37,211Głowaczów
Gmina Magnuszewrural140.96,741Magnuszew
Gmina Garbatka-Letniskorural74.05,036Garbatka-Letnisko
Gmina Sieciechówrural61.33,905Sieciechów
Gmina Grabów nad Pilicąrural125.03,900Grabów nad Pilicą
Gmina Gniewoszówrural84.33,898Gniewoszów

References


Notes and References

  1. Web site: GUS. Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June. 2020-09-14. stat.gov.pl. en.