Kołobrzeg County

Kołobrzeg County
Powiat kołobrzeski

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Kołobrzeg): 54°10′N 15°34′E / 54.167°N 15.567°ECoordinates: 54°10′N 15°34′E / 54.167°N 15.567°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 7 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

• Total

725.86 km² (280.26 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

76,089

• Density

100/km² (270/sq mi)

• Urban

44,794

• Rural

31,295

Car plates

ZKL

Website

http://www.powiat.kolobrzeg.pl

Kołobrzeg County (Polish: powiat kołobrzeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is Kołobrzeg, which lies on the coast 106 kilometres (66 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. Its only other town is Gościno.

The county covers an area of 725.86 square kilometres (280.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population was 76,089, out of which the population of Kołobrzeg was 44,794 and the rural population was 31,295.

Neighbouring counties

Kołobrzeg County is bordered by Koszalin County to the east, Białogard County to the south-east, Świdwin County and Łobez County to the south, and Gryfice County to the south-west. It also borders the Baltic Sea to the north.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Kołobrzeg	urban	25.7	44,794
Gmina Kołobrzeg	rural	144.8	9,176	Kołobrzeg *
Gmina Dygowo	rural	128.6	5,605	Dygowo
Gmina Gościno	urban-rural	116.0	5,136	Gościno
Gmina Rymań	rural	146.1	4,183	Rymań
Gmina Ustronie Morskie	rural	57.3	3,613	Ustronie Morskie
Gmina Siemyśl	rural	107.4	3,582	Siemyśl
* seat not part of the gmina

County seat (starostwo powiatowe)

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Kołobrzeg County

Seat	Kołobrzeg (urban gmina)

Other gminas	Gmina Dygowo Gmina Gościno Gmina Kołobrzeg Gmina Rymań Gmina Siemyśl Gmina Ustronie Morskie

Counties of West Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties	Szczecin (capital) Koszalin Świnoujście

Land counties	Białogard Choszczno Drawsko Goleniów Gryfice Gryfino Kamień Kołobrzeg Koszalin Łobez Myślibórz Police Pyrzyce Sławno Stargard Świdwin Szczecinek Wałcz

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