Zambrów_County

Zambrów County

Zambrów County

County in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Zambrów County (Polish: powiat zambrowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 only town is Zambrów, which lies 64 kilometres (40 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

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The county covers an area of 733.11 square kilometres (283.1 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 43,663, out of which the population of Zambrów is 22,098 and the rural population is 21,565.[1]

Neighbouring counties

Zambrów County is bordered by Łomża County to the north, Białystok County and Wysokie Mazowieckie County to the east, and Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the south-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina Type Area
(km2)		 Population
(2019)		 Seat
Zambrów urban 19.0 22,098  
Gmina Zambrów rural 299.0 8,884 Zambrów *
Gmina Rutki rural 200.2 5,555 Rutki-Kossaki
Gmina Szumowo rural 141.2 4,817 Szumowo
Gmina Kołaki Kościelne rural 73.8 2,309 Kołaki Kościelne
* seat not part of the gmina

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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