Puck County Explained

Puck County
Native Name:Powiat pucki
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Area Total Km2:577.85
Population Total:85,211
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:27114
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:58097
Coor Pinpoint:Puck
Seat:Puck
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 7 (incl. 4 urban)
P1:Hel
P2:Jastarnia
P3:Puck
P4:Gmina Władysławowo
P5:Gmina Kosakowo
P6:Gmina Krokowa
P7:Gmina Puck
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:GPU
Website:powiat.puck.pl

Puck County (Polish: powiat pucki, Kashubian: pùcczi pòwiat) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. The powiat of this name existed in the history of Poland, since the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth up to 1795, and then reintroduced in 1999.

Modern Puck County

The modern Puck County came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Puck, which lies 40km (30miles) north of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county contains three other towns: Władysławowo, 160NaN0 north of Puck, Jastarnia, 180NaN0 east of Puck, and Hel, 290NaN0 east of Puck, at the tip of the Hel Peninsula.

The county covers an area of 577.85km2. As of 2019 its total population is 85,211, out of which the population of Puck is 11,213, that of Władysławowo is 9,930, that of Hel is 3,267, that of Jastarnia is 2,704, and the rural population is 58,097.[1]


Puck County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Puck County is bordered by the city of Gdynia to the south and Wejherowo County to the south-west. It also borders the Bay of Puck to the east and the Baltic Sea to the north.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Gmina Puckrural243.326,522Puck *
Gmina Władysławowourban-rural38.415,405Władysławowo
Gmina Kosakoworural47.415,268Kosakowo
Puckurban4.911,213 
Gmina Krokowarural211.810,832Krokowa
Helurban21.33,267 
Jastarniaurban8.02,704 
  • seat not part of the gmina

Transport

Railway transport

The railway network in the area of this county consists of two active railway lines, 213 and dismantled 263. The lines intersected in Swarzewo.[2]

The station in Puck was located closest to the sea on the Polish railway network, which is why a temporary harbor with a railway siding was built in Puck. The development of railways in the county in the 1920s caused the development of tourism on Hel Spit. Because of the largely tourist traffic on Hel Spit, line 213 shows high seasonal variability of transports. Freight traffic, due to the lack of industry, is marginal.

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.
  2. Book: Stankiewicz . Ryszard . Stiasny . Marcin . 2011 . Mały atlas linii kolejowych Polski 2011 . Polish . Rybnik, Poland . Wydawn. Eurosprinter . 9788393100637 . 840683055.