Choszczno County
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| Choszczno County | |||||||||||
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| Voivodship | Western Pomeranian | ||||||||||
| Capital of powiat | Choszczno | ||||||||||
| Starostship | ul. Nadbrzeżna 2 | ||||||||||
| Area | 1 328.0 km² | ||||||||||
| Population | 58 282 (31.XII.2004) | ||||||||||
| Population density | 37.9/km² | ||||||||||
| Urbanisation | 47.6% (31.XII.2004) | ||||||||||
| Rank in Poland (from 314 powiats) |
area: 60, population: 245 |
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| Rank in voivodship (from 21 powiats) |
area: 8, population: 15 |
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| Car plates | ZCH | ||||||||||
| Area code | +48 95 | ||||||||||
| TERYT code | 4324302000 | ||||||||||
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| Webpages: Powiat webpage, Powiat BIP | |||||||||||
Choszczno County (or Powiat of Choszczno, Polish: powiat choszczeński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government of the West Pomeranian Voivodship in Poland. It encompasses the following geographical locations: Pojezierze Choszczeńskie, Pojezierze Myśliborskie, Pojezierze Ińskie and Równina Drawska. On the territory of Gmina of Drawno there is a primeval forest Puszcza Drawska which is part of the Drawieński National Park .
[edit] Administrative division
The powiat consists of six gminas:
Urban-rural gminas:
- Choszczno
- Drawno
- Pełczyce
- Recz
Rural gminas:
- Bierzwnik
- Krzęcin
There are four towns within the powiat:
[edit] Transport
- Railways:
- in use: Szczecin Gł. - Poznań Gł. (through Choszczno and Bierzwnik).
- unused, existing: Stargard Szczeciński - Piła Główna (through Recz Pomorski) and Barlinek - Kalisz Pomorski (through Pełczyce, Lubiana Pyrzycka, Choszczno and Drawno).
- unused, non-existing: Lubiana Pyrzycka - Strzelce Krajeńskie.
- Roads:
- national grade: 10: Lubieszyn - Płońsk (through Recz).
- voivodship grade: 151: Recz - Świdwin, 155: Recz - Gorzów Wielkopolski (through Choszczno and Pełczyce), 160: Suchań - Miedzichowo (through Choszczno and Bierzwnik), 161: Choszczno - Kalisz Pomorski (through Drawno), 153: Piasecznik - Pyrzyce.
[edit] See also
| Counties of West Pomeranian Voivodeship |  |
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| City counties: Koszalin • Szczecin • Świnoujście
Land counties: Białogard • Choszczno • Drawsko • Goleniów • Gryfice • Gryfino • Kamień • Kołobrzeg • Koszalin • Łobez • Myślibórz • Police • Pyrzyce • Sławno • Stargard • Szczecinek • Świdwin • Wałcz |
