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Kwidzyn County

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Country
  
Car plates
  
GKW

Capital
  
Seat
  
Area
  
834.6 km²

Voivodeship
  
Kwidzyn County

Gminas
  
Total 6 (incl. 1 urban)KwidzynGmina GardejaGmina KwidzynGmina PrabutyGmina RyjewoGmina Sadlinki

Points of interest
  
Kwidzyn Castle, Zamek w Kwidzynie, Rezerwat przyrody Kwidzyńs

Kwidzyn County (Polish: powiat kwidzyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern 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 Kwidzyn, which lies 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Prabuty, lying 18 km (11 mi) east of Kwidzyn.

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Map of Kwidzyn County, Poland

The county covers an area of 834.64 square kilometres (322.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 80,704, out of which the population of Kwidzyn is 37,814, that of Prabuty is 8,488, and the rural population is 34,402.

Kwidzyn County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kwidzyn County is bordered by Tczew County to the west, Sztum County to the north, Iława County to the east, Grudziądz County to the south and Świecie County to the south-west.

Administrative division

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

References

Kwidzyn County Wikipedia


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