Wieliczka County Explained

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.

Neighbouring counties

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.

Administrative division

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.

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2006)
Seat
Gmina Wieliczkaurban-rural100.148,254Wieliczka
Gmina Niepołomiceurban-rural95.122,168Niepołomice
Gmina Gdówrural108.016,340Gdów
Gmina Kłajrural83.19,832Kłaj
Gmina Biskupicerural41.08,672Trąbki

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