Tczew County Explained

Tczew County
Native Name:Powiat Tczewski
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Pushpin Map:Poland
Mapsize:225px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Area Total Km2:697.54
Population Total:115,738
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:74611
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:41127
Coor Pinpoint:Tczew
Coordinates:54.1°N 61°W
Seat:Tczew
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 6 (incl. 1 urban)
P1:Tczew
P2:Gmina Gniew
P3:Gmina Morzeszczyn
P4:Gmina Pelplin
P5:Gmina Subkowy
P6:Gmina Tczew
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:GTC
Website:http://www.powiat.tczew.pl

Tczew County (Polish: Powiat Tczewski, Kashubian: Dërszewo kréj) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern 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 Tczew, which lies 31km (19miles) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county also contains the towns of Pelplin, lying 200NaN0 south of Tczew, and Gniew, 310NaN0 south of Tczew. The county is part of the area traditionally inhabited by the Kociewiacy ethnic group.

The county covers an area of 697.54km2. As of 2019 its total population is 115,738, out of which the population of Tczew is 60,120, that of Pelplin is 7,784, that of Gniew is 6,707, and the rural population is 41,127.[1]


Tczew County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Tczew County is bordered by Gdańsk County to the north, Malbork County, Sztum County and Kwidzyn County to the east, Świecie County to the south, and Starogard County to the west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Tczewurban22.360,120 
Gmina Pelplinurban-rural140.516,238Pelplin
Gmina Gniewurban-rural194.815,471Gniew
Gmina Tczewrural170.614,798Tczew *
Gmina Subkowyrural78.25,466Subkowy
Gmina Morzeszczynrural91.23,645Morzeszczyn
  • 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.