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Pszczyna County

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Country
  
Car plates
  
SPS

Capital
  
Seat
  
Area
  
473.5 km²

Voivodeship
  
Pszczyna County

Gminas
  
Total 6Gmina Goczałkowice-ZdrójGmina KobiórGmina MiedźnaGmina PawłowiceGmina PszczynaGmina Suszec

Points of interest
  
Pless Castle, Pokazowa Zagroda Żubrów w, Park Zamkowy, Zagroda Wsi Pszczyńskiej, Stajnie Książęce w Pszczynie

Destinations
  
Pszczyna, Goczałkowice‑Zdrój, Goczałkowice Reservoir, Kobiór, Suszec

Pszczyna County (Polish: powiat pszczyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern 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 only town is Pszczyna, which lies 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.

Contents

Map of Pszczyna County, Poland

The county covers an area of 473.46 square kilometres (182.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 104,638, out of which the population of Pszczyna is 25,621 and the rural population is 79,017.

Neighbouring counties

Pszczyna County is bordered by Mikołów County, the city of Tychy and Bieruń-Lędziny County to the north, Oświęcim County to the east, Bielsko County to the south, Cieszyn County to the south-west, and the cities of Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Żory to the west.

Administrative division

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

References

Pszczyna County Wikipedia


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