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Busko County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
TBU

Capital
  
Busko-Zdrój

Seat
  
Busko-Zdrój

Area
  
967.4 km²

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Gminas
  
Total 8 Gmina Busko-Zdrój Gmina Gnojno Gmina Nowy Korczyn Gmina Pacanów Gmina Solec-Zdrój Gmina Stopnica Gmina Tuczępy Gmina Wiślica

Voivodeship
  
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Points of interest
  
Europejskie Centrum Bajki im, Centrum Bajki im Koziołka, Kaplica św Anny w Busku‑Zdroju, Muzeum Regionalne w Wiślicy, Rezerwat przyrody Skorocice

Busko (Polish: powiat buski) 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 only town is Busko-Zdrój, which lies 47 kilometres (29 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce.

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Map of Busko County, Poland

The county covers an area of 967.39 square kilometres (373.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 73,940, out of which the population of Busko-Zdrój is 17,297 and the rural population is 56,643.

Neighbouring counties

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

Administrative division

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

References

Busko County Wikipedia