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Kamień County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
ZKA

Population
  
47,604 (2006)

Seat
  
Kamień Pomorski

Area
  
1,007 km²

Capital
  
Kamień Pomorski

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Gminas
  
Total 6 Gmina Dziwnów Gmina Golczewo Gmina Kamień Pomorski Gmina Międzyzdroje Gmina Świerzno Gmina Wolin

Voivodeship
  
West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Points of interest
  
Wolin National Park, Centrum Słowian i Wikingów, Muzeum Przyrodnicze Wolińskie, Muzeum Figur Woskowy, Park Miniatur i Kolejek

Destinations
  
Międzyzdroje, Wolin, Wolin National Park, Pobierowo, Kamień Pomorski

Kamień County (Polish: powiat kamieński) 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 and largest town is Kamień Pomorski, which lies 63 kilometres (39 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains four other towns: Międzyzdroje, 23 km (14 mi) west of Kamień Pomorski, Wolin, 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Kamień Pomorski, Dziwnów, 6 km (4 mi) north-west of Kamień Pomorski, and Golczewo, 21 km (13 mi) south-east of Kamień Pomorski.

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Map of Kamie%C5%84 County, Poland

The county covers an area of 1,006.65 square kilometres (388.7 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 47,604, out of which the population of Kamień Pomorski is 9,134, that of Międzyzdroje is 5,436, that of Wolin is 4,878, that of Dziwnów is 2,949, that of Golczewo is 2,724, and the rural population is 22,483.

Neighbouring counties

Kamień County is bordered by Gryfice County to the east, Goleniów County to the south and the city of Świnoujście to the west. It also borders the Baltic Sea to the north.

Administrative division

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

References

Kamień County Wikipedia