Sokołów County Explained

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]

Neighbouring counties

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.

Administrative division

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.

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Sokołów Podlaskiurban17.518,946 
Gmina Sokołów Podlaskirural137.25,987Sokołów Podlaski *
Gmina Kosów Lackiurban-rural200.25,970Kosów Lacki
Gmina Repkirural168.85,212Repki
Gmina Jabłonna Lackarural149.44,460Jabłonna Lacka
Gmina Sterdyńrural130.03,921Sterdyń
Gmina Sabnierural107.93,667Sabnie
Gmina Bielanyrural109.63,628Bielany
Gmina Ceranówrural110.82,201Ceranów
  • seat not part of the gmina

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.