Brodnica County

Brodnica County (Polish: powiat brodnicki) 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 Brodnica, which lies 58 km (36 mi) north-east of Toruń and 95 km (59 mi) east of Bydgoszcz. The county also contains the towns of Jabłonowo Pomorskie, lying 23 km (14 mi) north-west of Brodnica, and Górzno, 18 km (11 mi) east of Brodnica.

The county covers an area of 1,038.79 square kilometres (401.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 75,054, out of which the population of Brodnica is 27,624, that of Jabłonowo Pomorskie is 3,658, that of Górzno is 1,362, and the rural population is 42,410.

The county includes part of the protected area known as Brodnica Landscape Park.

[edit] Neighbouring counties

Brodnica County is bordered by Nowe Miasto County to the north, Działdowo County and Żuromin County to the east, Rypin County to the south, Golub-Dobrzyń County to the south-west, and Wąbrzeźno County and Grudziądz County to the west.

[edit] Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Brodnica	urban	23.2	27,624
Gmina Jabłonowo Pomorskie	urban-rural	134.4	9,060	Jabłonowo Pomorskie
Gmina Brodnica	rural	127.0	6,524	Brodnica *
Gmina Bobrowo	rural	146.3	6,168	Bobrowo
Gmina Świedziebnia	rural	103.8	5,116	Świedziebnia
Gmina Bartniczka	rural	83.4	4,570	Bartniczka
Gmina Zbiczno	rural	132.9	4,467	Zbiczno
Gmina Osiek	rural	75.1	4,079	Osiek
Gmina Górzno	urban-rural	119.4	3,857	Górzno
Gmina Brzozie	rural	93.7	3,589	Brzozie
* seat not part of the gmina

[edit] References

Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Gminas of Brodnica County

Seat: Brodnica (urban gmina) Urban-rural gminas: Gmina Górzno • Gmina Jabłonowo Pomorskie Rural gminas: Gmina Bartniczka • Gmina Bobrowo • Gmina Brodnica • Gmina Brzozie • Gmina Osiek • Gmina Świedziebnia • Gmina Zbiczno

v • d • e Counties of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties: Bydgoszcz (governor's seat) • Toruń (assembly seat) • Grudziądz • Włocławek Land counties: Aleksandrów • Brodnica • Bydgoszcz • Chełmno • Golub-Dobrzyń • Grudziądz • Inowrocław • Lipno • Mogilno • Nakło • Radziejów • Rypin • Sępólno • Świecie • Toruń • Tuchola • Wąbrzeźno • Włocławek • Żnin