Suwałki County

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Suwałki County Powiat suwalski
—  County  —
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Suwałki): 54°5′N 22°56′E / 54.083, 22.933
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlachian
Seat	Suwałki
Gminas	Total 9 Gmina Bakałarzewo Gmina Filipów Gmina Jeleniewo Gmina Przerośl Gmina Raczki Gmina Rutka-Tartak Gmina Suwałki Gmina Szypliszki Gmina Wiżajny
Area
- Total	1,307.31 km² (504.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	35,136
- Density	26.9/km² (69.6/sq mi)
Car plates	BSU
Website: http://www.powiat.suwalski.pl/

This article is about the present-day Polish county (powiat). For general information about the region and its history, see the articles on Suwałki and Suwałki Region.

Suwałki County (Polish: powiat suwalski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlachian Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Suwałki, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). In fact there are no towns within the county.

The county covers an area of 1,307.31 square kilometres (504.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 35,136.

[edit] Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Suwałki, Suwałki County is also bordered by Sejny County to the east, Augustów County to the south, Ełk County to the south-west, and Olecko County and Gołdap County to the west. It also borders Lithuania to the north.

[edit] Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Suwałki	rural	264.8	6,388	Suwałki *
Gmina Raczki	rural	142.3	6,137	Raczki
Gmina Filipów	rural	150.4	4,478	Filipów
Gmina Szypliszki	rural	156.6	4,008	Szypliszki
Gmina Przerośl	rural	123.8	3,095	Przerośl
Gmina Bakałarzewo	rural	123.0	3,053	Bakałarzewo
Gmina Jeleniewo	rural	131.8	3,018	Jeleniewo
Gmina Wiżajny	rural	122.6	2,672	Wiżajny
Gmina Rutka-Tartak	rural	92.3	2,287	Rutka-Tartak
* seat not part of the gmina

[edit] References

• Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Suwałki County Rural gminas: Gmina Bakałarzewo • Gmina Filipów • Gmina Jeleniewo • Gmina Przerośl • Gmina Raczki • Gmina Rutka-Tartak • Gmina Suwałki • Gmina Szypliszki • Gmina Wiżajny Seat (not part of the county): Suwałki

v • d • e Counties of Podlachian Voivodeship City counties: Białystok (capital) • Łomża • Suwałki Land counties: Augustów • Białystok • Bielsk • Grajewo • Hajnówka • Kolno • Łomża • Mońki • Sejny • Siemiatycze • Sokółka • Suwałki • Wysokie Mazowieckie • Zambrów