Świecie County

Świecie County

Infobox Settlement
name = Świecie County
native_name = Powiat świecki
settlement_type =



image_shield = POL powiat świecki COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1472.78
population_total = 96941
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 31866
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 65075
coor_type = Świecie
latd = 53
latm = 25
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 26
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Świecie
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 11
p1 = Gmina Bukowiec
p2 = Gmina Dragacz
p3 = Gmina Drzycim
p4 = Gmina Jeżewo
p5 = Gmina Lniano
p6 = Gmina Nowe
p7 = Gmina Osie
p8 = Gmina Pruszcz
p9 = Gmina Świecie
p10 = Gmina Świekatowo
p11 = Gmina Warlubie
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = CSW
website = http://www.powiat.swiecki.lo.pl
__NOTOC__Świecie County ( _pl. powiat świecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Świecie, which lies convert|45|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Toruń and convert|45|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Bydgoszcz. The only other town in the county is Nowe, lying convert|33|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Świecie.

The county covers an area of convert|1472.78|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 96,941, out of which the population of Świecie is 25,614, that of Nowe is 6,252, and the rural population is 65,075.

Neighbouring counties

Świecie County is bordered by Starogard County and Tczew County to the north, Kwidzyn County to the north-east, the city of Grudziądz and Grudziądz County to the east, Chełmno County to the south, Bydgoszcz County to the south-west, and Tuchola County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (two urban-rural and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]


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