Tatra County Explained

Tatra County
Native Name:Powiat tatrzański
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Area Total Km2:471.62
Population Total:65393
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:27486
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:37907
Coor Pinpoint:Zakopane
Coordinates:49.3°N 76°W
Seat:Zakopane
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 5 (incl. 1 urban)
P1:Zakopane
P2:Gmina Biały Dunajec
P3:Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska
P4:Gmina Kościelisko
P5:Gmina Poronin
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:KTT
Website:http://www.powiat.tatry.pl

Tatra County (Polish: powiat tatrzański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Zakopane, which lies 85km (53miles) south of the regional capital Kraków. The county takes its name from the Tatra mountain range, which covers most of its territory.

The county covers an area of 471.62km2. As of 2006 its total population is 65,393, out of which the population of Zakopane is 27,486 and the rural population is 37,907.

The mountainous southern part of the county (211 km2) makes up the Tatra National Park. This area, together with the Slovak Tatra National Park across the border, make up a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve.

Neighbouring counties

Tatra County is bordered by only one other Polish county, Nowy Targ County, which lies to the north. To the east, west and south it is bordered by Slovakia (namely, Tvrdošín and Liptovský Mikuláš Districts in Žilina Region to the south and west, and Poprad District in Prešov Region to the south and east).

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2006)
Seat
Zakopaneurban84.027,486 
Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańskarural131.812,386Bukowina Tatrzańska
Gmina Poroninrural83.610,706Poronin
Gmina Kościeliskorural136.48,035Kościelisko
Gmina Biały Dunajecrural35.56,780Biały Dunajec

See also

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