Piotrków County Explained

Piotrków County
Native Name:Powiat piotrkowski
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Łódź
Area Total Km2:1429.12
Population Total:90227
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:6387
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:83840
Coor Pinpoint:Piotrków Trybunalski
Coordinates:51.4°N 60°W
Seat:Piotrków Trybunalski
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 11
P1:Gmina Aleksandrów
P2:Gmina Czarnocin
P3:Gmina Gorzkowice
P4:Gmina Grabica
P5:Gmina Łęki Szlacheckie
P6:Gmina Moszczenica
P7:Gmina Ręczno
P8:Gmina Rozprza
P9:Gmina Sulejów
P10:Gmina Wola Krzysztoporska
P11:Gmina Wolbórz
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:EPI
Website:http://www.powiat-piotrkowski.pl

Piotrków County (Polish: powiat piotrkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Piotrków Trybunalski, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Piotrków County are Sulejów, which lies 150NaN0 east of Piotrków Trybunalski, and Wolbórz (classed as a town since 1 January 2011).

The county covers an area of 1429.12km2. In 2006, its total population was 90,227, made up of 6,387 in Sulejów and a rural population of 83,840.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Piotrków Trybunalski, Piotrków County is also bordered by Łódź East County to the north, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County and Opoczno County to the east, Radomsko County to the south, Bełchatów County to the west, and Pabianice County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (two urban-rural and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

GminaTypeArea
(km²)
Population
(2006)
Seat
Gmina Sulejówurban-rural189.515,581Sulejów
Gmina Moszczenicarural111.612,766Moszczenica
Gmina Rozprzarural162.512,039Rozprza
Gmina Wola Krzysztoporskarural170.411,575Wola Krzysztoporska
Gmina Gorzkowicerural102.38,631Gorzkowice
Gmina Wolbórzurban-rural151.27,646Wolbórz
Gmina Grabicarural127.26,087Grabica
Gmina Aleksandrówrural144.04,514Aleksandrów
Gmina Czarnocinrural72.74,073Czarnocin
Gmina Łęki Szlacheckierural108.43,686Łęki Szlacheckie
Gmina Ręcznorural89.23,629Ręczno

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