Country Poland Car plates WPL Capital Płock | Seat Płock Area 1,799 km² Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship | |
Gminas Total 15Gmina BielskGmina BodzanówGmina Brudzeń DużyGmina BulkowoGmina DrobinGmina GąbinGmina ŁąckGmina Mała WieśGmina Nowy DuninówGmina RadzanowoGmina SłubiceGmina SłupnoGmina Stara BiałaGmina StaroźrebyGmina Wyszogród Points of interest Ogród Zoologiczny w Płocku, Muzeum Mazowieckie w Płocku, Muzeum Żydów Mazowieckich, Kąpielisko miejskie Sobótka, Muzeum Diecezjalne w Płocku | ||
Płock County (Polish: powiat płocki) 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 is the city of Płock, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains three towns: Gąbin, 17 km (11 mi) south of Płock, Drobin, 29 km (18 mi) north-east of Płock, and Wyszogród, 39 km (24 mi) south-east of Płock.
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Map of Płock County, Poland
The county covers an area of 1,798.71 square kilometres (694.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 106,455, out of which the population of Gąbin is 4,137, that of Drobin is 2,980, that of Wyszogród is 2,772, and the rural population is 96,566.
Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of Płock, Płock County is also bordered by Sierpc County to the north, Płońsk County to the east, Sochaczew County to the south-east, Gostynin County to the south-west, Włocławek County to the west and Lipno County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 15 gminas (three urban-rural and 12 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.