Country Poland Car plates KNS Area 1,550 km² Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship | Seat Nowy Sącz Capital Nowy Sącz | |
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Gminas Total 16 (incl. 1 urban)
Grybów
Gmina Chełmiec
Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem
Gmina Grybów
Gmina Kamionka Wielka
Gmina Korzenna
Gmina Krynica-Zdrój
Gmina Łabowa
Gmina Łącko
Gmina Łososina Dolna
Gmina Muszyna
Gmina Nawojowa
Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój
Gmina Podegrodzie
Gmina Rytro
Gmina Stary Sącz University Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University Points of interest Sądecki Ethnographic Park, Muzeum W Nowym Sączu, Nowy Sącz Castle, Dom Gotycki, Planty | ||
Nowy Sącz County (Polish: powiat nowosądecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Nowy Sącz, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains five towns: Krynica-Zdrój, 31 km (19 mi) south-east of Nowy Sącz, Stary Sącz, 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Nowy Sącz, Grybów, 19 km (12 mi) east of Nowy Sącz, Piwniczna-Zdrój, 21 km (13 mi) south of Nowy Sącz, and Muszyna, 33 km (21 mi) south-east of Nowy Sącz.
Contents
- Map of Nowy SC485cz County Poland
- Neighbouring counties
- Administrative division
- Nowy Sacz County in the Past
- References
Map of Nowy S%C4%85cz County, Poland
The county covers an area of 1,550.24 square kilometres (598.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 197,718, out of which the population of Krynica-Zdrój is 11,243, that of Stary Sącz is 8,987, that of Grybów is 6,025, that of Piwniczna-Zdrój is 5,717, that of Muszyna is 4,980, and the rural population is 160,766.
Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of Nowy Sącz, Nowy Sącz County is also bordered by Nowy Targ County and Limanowa County to the west, Brzesko County and Tarnów County to the north, and Gorlice County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 16 gminas (one urban, four urban-rural and 11 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Nowy Sacz County in the Past
The history of Nowy Sacz County dates back to late 13th century, when King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia granted Magdeburg rights to Nowy Sacz. The new town quickly became most important administrative center of the region, and the seat of a local castellan and starosta. The county was probably established during the reign of King Kazimierz Wielki, who encouraged settlement in this sparsely populated region of his domain.
Until the Partitions of Poland, Nowy Sacz County belonged to Kraków Voivodeship. Its total area was 3900 sq. kilometers, with 12 towns (as for 1667), including Wojnicz, Czchow, Nowy Targ, Zakliczyn, Muszyna and Grybow.
After the first partition of Poland (1772), Nowy Sacz County became part of Austrian Galicia, in which it remained until 1918 (for more information, see Subdivisions of Galicia). In the Second Polish Republic, Nowy Sacz County was part of Kraków Voivodeship (1919–39); after World War Two, the county remained part of Krakow Voivodeship until 1975, when all counties were disbanded (see Administrative division of the Polish People's Republic).