Sokołów County | |
Native Name: | Powiat sokołowski |
Settlement Type: | County |
Total Type: | Total |
Image Blank Emblem: | POL powiat sokołowski COA.svg |
Image Map1: | POL powiat sokolowski map.svg |
Map Caption1: | Division into gminas |
Mapsize1: | 100px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Area Total Km2: | 1131.42 |
Population Total: | 53992 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 21035 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 32957 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Sokołów Podlaski |
Coordinates: | 52.4067°N 22.2464°W |
Seat: | Sokołów Podlaski |
Parts Type: | Gminas |
Parts: | Total 9 (incl. 1 urban) |
P1: | Sokołów Podlaski |
P2: | Gmina Bielany |
P3: | Gmina Ceranów |
P4: | Gmina Jabłonna Lacka |
P5: | Gmina Kosów Lacki |
P6: | Gmina Repki |
P7: | Gmina Sabnie |
P8: | Gmina Sokołów Podlaski |
P9: | Gmina Sterdyń |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | WSK |
Website: | http://www.powiat-sokolowski.pl |
Sokołów County (Polish: powiat sokołowski) is a powiat (a unit of territorial administration and local government in Poland) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-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 and largest town is Sokołów Podlaski, which lies 88km (55miles) east of Warsaw. The only other town in the county is Kosów Lacki, lying 230NaN0 north of Sokołów Podlaski.
The county covers an area of 1131.42km2. As of 2019 its total population is 53,992, out of which the population of Sokołów Podlaski is 18,946, that of Kosów Lacki is 2,089, and the rural population is 32,957.[1]
Sokołów County is bordered by Ostrów Mazowiecka County and Wysokie Mazowieckie County to the north, Siemiatycze County to the east, Siedlce County to the south, and Węgrów County to the west.
The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
Sokołów Podlaski | urban | 17.5 | 18,946 | |
Gmina Sokołów Podlaski | rural | 137.2 | 5,987 | Sokołów Podlaski * |
Gmina Kosów Lacki | urban-rural | 200.2 | 5,970 | Kosów Lacki |
Gmina Repki | rural | 168.8 | 5,212 | Repki |
Gmina Jabłonna Lacka | rural | 149.4 | 4,460 | Jabłonna Lacka |
Gmina Sterdyń | rural | 130.0 | 3,921 | Sterdyń |
Gmina Sabnie | rural | 107.9 | 3,667 | Sabnie |
Gmina Bielany | rural | 109.6 | 3,628 | Bielany |
Gmina Ceranów | rural | 110.8 | 2,201 | Ceranów |
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