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Pińczów County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
TPI

Area
  
611 km²

Capital
  
Pińczów

Seat
  
Pińczów

Population
  
42,127 (2006)

Pińczów County

Gminas
  
Total 5 Gmina Działoszyce Gmina Kije Gmina Michałów Gmina Pińczów Gmina Złota

Voivodeship
  
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Points of interest
  
Muzeum Regionalne w Pińczo, Ogród na Rozstajach, Ośrodek Dziedzictwa Kulturow, Pałac Wielopolskich w Pińczo, St Anne's Chapel - Pińczów

Pińczów County (Polish: powiat pińczowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-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 Pińczów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Działoszyce, lying 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Pińczów.

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The county covers an area of 611.03 square kilometres (235.9 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 42,127, out of which the population of Pińczów is 11,886, that of Działoszyce is 1,068, and the rural population is 29,173.

Neighbouring counties

Pińczów County is bordered by Kielce County to the north, Busko County to the east, Kazimierza County to the south, Miechów County to the west and Jędrzejów County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

References

Pińczów County Wikipedia