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Wyszków County

Wyszków County

County in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Wyszków County (Polish: powiat wyszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It originally existed from 1956 until the abolition of the powiats in 1975, but was re-created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998, which reintroduced the powiats and created 16 large voivodeships. The administrative seat and only town in the county is Wyszków, which lies 53 kilometres (33 mi) north-east of Warsaw.

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The county covers an area of 876.49 square kilometres (338.4 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 74,094, out of which the population of Wyszków is 26,905, and the rural population is 47,189.[1]

Neighbouring counties

Wyszków County is bordered by Ostrołęka County to the north, Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the north-east, Węgrów County to the east, Wołomin County to the south, Legionowo County and Pułtusk County to the west, and Maków County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina Type Area
(km2)		 Population
(2019)		 Seat
Gmina Wyszków urban-rural 165.6 39,495 Wyszków
Gmina Brańszczyk rural 167.6 8,266 Brańszczyk
Gmina Długosiodło rural 167.5 7,795 Długosiodło
Gmina Rząśnik rural 167.4 7,013 Rząśnik
Gmina Zabrodzie rural 92.0 5,920 Zabrodzie
Gmina Somianka rural 116.4 5,605 Somianka

References

  1. [1]
    GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
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