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Końskie County

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Car plates
  
TKN

Capital
  
Seat
  
Area
  
1,140 km²

Końskie County

Gminas
  
Total 8Gmina FałkówGmina GowarczówGmina KońskieGmina RadoszyceGmina Ruda MalenieckaGmina SłupiaGmina SmykówGmina Stąporków

Voivodeship
  
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Points of interest
  
Rezerwat przyrody Skałki Pie, Muzeum Zagłębia Staropols, Oranżeria egipska, Gagaty Sołtykowskie, Muzeum Techniki w Maleńcu

Końskie County (Polish: powiat konecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, 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 Końskie, which lies 38 kilometres (24 mi) north of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Stąporków, lying 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Końskie.

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Map of Ko%C5%84skie County, Poland

The county covers an area of 1,139.90 square kilometres (440.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 84,239, out of which the population of Końskie is 20,667, that of Stąporków is 5,986, and the rural population is 57,586.

Neighbouring counties

Końskie County is bordered by Opoczno County to the north, Przysucha County to the north-east, Szydłowiec County and Skarżysko County to the east, Kielce County to the south, Włoszczowa County to the south-west, and Radomsko County to the west.

Administrative division

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

References

Końskie County Wikipedia


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