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Pruszków County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
WPR

Capital
  
Pruszków

Team
  
Znicz Pruszków

Seat
  
Pruszków

Area
  
246.3 km²

Voivodeship
  
Masovian Voivodeship

Pruszków County

Gminas
  
Total 6 (incl. 2 urban) Piastów Pruszków Gmina Brwinów Gmina Michałowice Gmina Nadarzyn Gmina Raszyn

Points of interest
  
Motor‑ und Technikmuseum in Otrębusy, Park Potulickich, Muzeum Starożytnego Hutnictwa, Sala zabaw Tęcza, Lasy Sękocińskie

Destinations
  
Pruszków, Brwinów, Otrębusy, Piastów, Komorów - Pruszków

Pruszków County (Polish: powiat pruszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-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 Pruszków, which lies 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Warsaw. The county also contains the towns of Piastów, lying 4 km (2 mi) north-east of Pruszków, and Brwinów, 7 km (4 mi) south-west of Pruszków.

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Map of Pruszk%C3%B3w County, Poland

The county covers an area of 246.31 square kilometres (95.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 145,870, out of which the population of Pruszków is 55,387, that of Piastów is 23,273, that of Brwinów is 11,968, and the rural population is 55,242.

Neighbouring counties

Pruszków County is bordered by Warsaw West County to the north, the city of Warsaw to the east, Piaseczno County to the south-east and Grodzisk Mazowiecki County to the west.

Administrative division

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

References

Pruszków County Wikipedia