Wałcz County Explained

Wałcz County
Native Name:Powiat wałecki
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Image Map1:Zwa_gminy.jpg
Map Caption1:Division into gminas
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:West Pomeranian
Area Total Km2:1414.79
Population Total:54639
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:33128
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:21511
Coor Pinpoint:Wałcz
Coordinates:53.2667°N 44°W
Seat:Wałcz
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 5 (incl. 1 urban)
P1:Wałcz
P2:Gmina Człopa
P3:Gmina Mirosławiec
P4:Gmina Tuczno
P5:Gmina Wałcz
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:ZWA
Website:http://www.powiatwalecki.pl

Wałcz County (Polish: powiat wałecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western 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 Wałcz, which lies 127km (79miles) east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains three other towns: Mirosławiec, 270NaN0 west of Wałcz, Człopa, 310NaN0 south-west of Wałcz, and Tuczno, 250NaN0 south-west of Wałcz.

The county covers an area of 1414.79km2. As of 2006 its total population is 54,639, out of which the population of Wałcz is 26,140, that of Mirosławiec is 2,633, that of Człopa is 2,390, that of Tuczno is 1,965, and the rural population is 21,511.

Neighbouring counties

Wałcz County is bordered by Złotów County to the east, Piła County to the south-east, Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the south, Strzelce-Drezdenko County to the south-west, Choszczno County to the west and Drawsko County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2006)
Seat
Wałczurban38.226,140 
Gmina Wałczrural575.112,424Wałcz *
Gmina Mirosławiecurban-rural203.36,026Mirosławiec
Gmina Człopaurban-rural348.45,124Człopa
Gmina Tucznourban-rural249.94,925Tuczno
  • seat not part of the gmina

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