Tarnów County | |
Native Name: | Powiat tarnowski |
Settlement Type: | County |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Area Total Km2: | 1413.44 |
Population Total: | 193549 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 17490 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 176059 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Tarnów |
Coordinates: | 50.0333°N 21°W |
Seat: | Tarnów |
Parts Type: | Gminas |
Parts: | Total 16 |
P1: | Gmina Ciężkowice |
P2: | Gmina Gromnik |
P3: | Gmina Lisia Góra |
P4: | Gmina Pleśna |
P5: | Gmina Radłów |
P6: | Gmina Ryglice |
P7: | Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski |
P8: | Gmina Skrzyszów |
P9: | Gmina Szerzyny |
P10: | Gmina Tarnów |
P11: | Gmina Tuchów |
P12: | Gmina Wierzchosławice |
P13: | Gmina Wietrzychowice |
P14: | Gmina Wojnicz |
P15: | Gmina Żabno |
P16: | Gmina Zakliczyn |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | KTA |
Website: | http://www.powiat.tarnow.pl |
Tarnów County (pl|powiat tarnowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern 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 Tarnów, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains seven towns: Tuchów, 160NaN0 south of Tarnów, Żabno, 140NaN0 north-west of Tarnów, Wojnicz, 150NaN0 south-west of Tarnów, Radłów, 130NaN0 north-west of Tarnów, Ryglice, 200NaN0 south-east of Tarnów, Ciężkowice, 260NaN0 south of Tarnów, and Zakliczyn, 250NaN0 south-west of Tarnów.
The county covers an area of 1413.44km2. As of 2006 its total population was 193,549, out of which the population of Tuchów was 6,501, that of Żabno 4,271, that of Wojnicz 3,404, that of Ryglice 2,784, that of Ciężkowice 2,378, that of Zakliczyn 1,556, and the rural population was 176,059 (including approximately 2,800 for the population of Radłów, which became a town in 2010).
Apart from the city of Tarnów, Tarnów County is also bordered by Dąbrowa County to the north, Dębica County to the east, Jasło County to the south-east, Gorlice County and Nowy Sącz County to the south, Brzesko County and Proszowice County to the west, and Kazimierza County to the north-west.
The county is subdivided into 16 gminas (seven urban-rural and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2006) | Seat |
Gmina Tarnów | rural | 82.8 | 23,060 | Tarnów * |
Gmina Żabno | urban-rural | 104.8 | 18,846 | Żabno |
Gmina Tuchów | urban-rural | 100.1 | 17,654 | Tuchów |
Gmina Lisia Góra | rural | 105.4 | 13,714 | Lisia Góra |
Gmina Skrzyszów | rural | 86.2 | 13,022 | Skrzyszów |
Gmina Wojnicz | urban-rural | 78.6 | 13,019 | Wojnicz |
Gmina Zakliczyn | urban-rural | 122.6 | 12,242 | Zakliczyn |
Gmina Pleśna | rural | 83.7 | 11,518 | Pleśna |
Gmina Ryglice | urban-rural | 116.8 | 11,438 | Ryglice |
Gmina Ciężkowice | urban-rural | 103.2 | 11,050 | Ciężkowice |
Gmina Wierzchosławice | rural | 74.8 | 10,628 | Wierzchosławice |
Gmina Radłów | urban-rural | 86.0 | 9,774 | Radłów |
Gmina Gromnik | rural | 69.8 | 8,348 | Gromnik |
Gmina Szerzyny | rural | 82.2 | 8,211 | Szerzyny |
Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski | rural | 70.2 | 6,832 | Rzepiennik Strzyżewski |
Gmina Wietrzychowice | rural | 48.6 | 4,193 | Wietrzychowice |
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