Wieliczka County | |
Native Name: | Powiat wielicki |
Settlement Type: | County |
Total Type: | Total |
Image Map1: | POL_powiat_wielicki_map_names.svg |
Map Caption1: | Division into gminas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Area Total Km2: | 427.8 |
Population Total: | 105266 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 27670 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 77596 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wieliczka |
Coordinates: | 49.9894°N 20.0661°W |
Seat: | Wieliczka |
Parts Type: | Gminas |
Parts: | Total 5 |
P1: | Gmina Biskupice |
P2: | Gmina Gdów |
P3: | Gmina Kłaj |
P4: | Gmina Niepołomice |
P5: | Gmina Wieliczka |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | KWI |
Website: | https://www.powiatwielicki.pl/ |
Wieliczka County (Polish: powiat wielicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern 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 Wieliczka, which lies 13km (08miles) south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The only other town in the county is Niepołomice, lying 120NaN0 north-east of Wieliczka.
The county covers an area of 427.8km2. As of 2006 its total population is 105,266, out of which the population of Wieliczka is 19,133, that of Niepołomice is 8,537, and the rural population is 77,596.
Wieliczka County is bordered by Bochnia County to the east, Myślenice County to the south, and the city of Kraków and Kraków County to the north-west.
The county is subdivided into five gminas (two urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2006) | Seat |
Gmina Wieliczka | urban-rural | 100.1 | 48,254 | Wieliczka |
Gmina Niepołomice | urban-rural | 95.1 | 22,168 | Niepołomice |
Gmina Gdów | rural | 108.0 | 16,340 | Gdów |
Gmina Kłaj | rural | 83.1 | 9,832 | Kłaj |
Gmina Biskupice | rural | 41.0 | 8,672 | Trąbki |