Country Poland Car plates KNT Capital Nowy Targ | Seat Nowy Targ Area 1,475 km² Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship | |
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Gminas Total 14 (incl. 2 urban)
Nowy Targ
Szczawnica
Gmina Czarny Dunajec
Gmina Czorsztyn
Gmina Jabłonka
Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem
Gmina Łapsze Niżne
Gmina Lipnica Wielka
Gmina Nowy Targ
Gmina Ochotnica Dolna
Gmina Raba Wyżna
Gmina Rabka-Zdrój
Gmina Spytkowice
Gmina Szaflary Points of interest Gorce National Park, Pieniny National Park, Pieniny, Lake Czorsztyn, Tatra Mountains Destinations Tatra Mountains, Szczawnica, Rabka‑Zdrój, Pieniny National Park, Gorce National Park | ||
Nowy Targ County (Polish: powiat nowotarski) 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 and largest town is Nowy Targ, which lies 67 kilometres (42 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków. The county also contains the towns of Rabka-Zdrój, lying 18 km (11 mi) north of Nowy Targ, and Szczawnica, 35 km (22 mi) east of Nowy Targ.
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Map of Nowy Targ County, Poland
The county covers an area of 1,474.66 square kilometres (569.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 181,878, out of which the population of Nowy Targ is 33,493, that of Rabka-Zdrój is 13,031, that of Szczawnica is 7,334, and the rural population is 128,020.
Neighbouring counties
Nowy Targ County is bordered by Sucha County to the north-west, Myślenice County to the north, Limanowa County to the north-east, Nowy Sącz County to the east and Tatra County to the south. It also borders Slovakia to the south.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 14 gminas (two urban, one urban-rural and 11 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.