Pińczów County

Pińczów County
Powiat pińczowski

County

View from Mount St. Anne in Pińczów

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Pińczów): 50°32′N 20°32′E / 50.533°N 20.533°ECoordinates: 50°32′N 20°32′E / 50.533°N 20.533°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 5

Area

• Total

611.03 km² (235.92 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

42,127

• Density

69/km² (180/sq mi)

• Urban

12,954

• Rural

29,173

Car plates

TPI

Website

http://www.pinczow.pl

Pińczów County (Polish: powiat pińczowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central 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 Pińczów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Działoszyce, lying 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Pińczów.

The county covers an area of 611.03 square kilometres (235.9 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 42,127, out of which the population of Pińczów is 11,886, that of Działoszyce is 1,068, and the rural population is 29,173.

Neighbouring counties

Pińczów County is bordered by Kielce County to the north, Busko County to the east, Kazimierza County to the south, Miechów County to the west and Jędrzejów County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Pińczów	urban-rural	212.8	22,147	Pińczów
Gmina Działoszyce	urban-rural	105.5	5,640	Działoszyce
Gmina Złota	rural	81.7	4,877	Złota
Gmina Michałów	rural	112.2	4,839	Michałów
Gmina Kije	rural	99.3	4,624	Kije

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Pińczów County

Seat: Pińczów

Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Działoszyce Gmina Pińczów

Rural gminas	Gmina Kije Gmina Michałów Gmina Złota

Counties of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

City counties	Kielce (capital)

Land counties	Busko Jędrzejów Kazimierza Kielce Końskie Opatów Ostrowiec Pińczów Sandomierz Skarżysko Starachowice Staszów Włoszczowa

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