Brzesko County

Brzesko County
Powiat brzeski

Flag	Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Brzesko): 49°58′N 20°37′E / 49.967°N 20.617°ECoordinates: 49°58′N 20°37′E / 49.967°N 20.617°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 7

Area

• Total

590 km² (230 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

90,214

• Density

150/km² (400/sq mi)

• Urban

19,034

• Rural

71,180

Car plates

KBR

Website

https://web.archive.org/web/20141218185546/http://powiatbrzeski.com.pl/

Brzesko County (Polish: powiat brzeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern 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 largest town is Brzesko, which lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków. The only other town in the county is Czchów, lying 14 km (9 mi) south of Brzesko.

The county covers an area of 590 square kilometres (227.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 90,214, out of which the population of Brzesko is 16,827, that of Czchów is 2,207, and the rural population is 71,180.

Neighbouring counties

Brzesko County is bordered by Tarnów County to the east, Nowy Sącz County and Limanowa County to the south, Bochnia County to the west, and Proszowice County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Brzesko	urban-rural	102.6	35,438	Brzesko
Gmina Dębno	rural	81.5	13,965	Dębno
Gmina Szczurowa	rural	134.6	9,846	Szczurowa
Gmina Czchów	urban-rural	66.5	9,195	Czchów
Gmina Borzęcin	rural	102.7	8,373	Borzęcin
Gmina Gnojnik	rural	54.9	7,336	Gnojnik
Gmina Iwkowa	rural	47.2	6,061	Iwkowa

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Brzesko County
Seat: Brzesko
Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Brzesko Gmina Czchów
Rural gminas	Gmina Borzęcin Gmina Dębno Gmina Gnojnik Gmina Iwkowa Gmina Szczurowa

Counties of Lesser Poland Voivodeship
City counties	Kraków (capital) Nowy Sącz Tarnów
Land counties	Bochnia Brzesko Chrzanów Dąbrowa Gorlice Kraków Limanowa Miechów Myślenice Nowy Sącz Nowy Targ Olkusz Oświęcim Proszowice Sucha Tarnów Tatra Wadowice Wieliczka

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