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Sejny County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
BSE

Population
  
21,331 (2006)

Voivodeship
  
Podlaskie Voivodeship

Seat
  
Sejny

Area
  
856.1 km²

Capital
  
Sejny

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Gminas
  
Total 5 (incl. 1 urban) Sejny Gmina Giby Gmina Krasnopol Gmina Puńsk Gmina Sejny

Points of interest
  
Wigry National Park, Seinų Švč Mergelės Marijos b, Sejny Synagogue, Osada prusko‑jaćwieska, Tobolinkos draustinis

Sejny County (Polish: powiat sejneński) a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, in the extreme north-east of Poland, on the border with Lithuania and Belarus. 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 Sejny, which lies 112 kilometres (70 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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Map of Sejny County, Poland

The county covers an area of 856.07 square kilometres (330.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 21,331, out of which the population of Sejny is 5,934 and the rural population is 15,397.

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Neighbouring counties

Sejny County is bordered by Augustów County to the south and Suwałki County to the west. It also borders Lithuania to the north-east and Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

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

References

Sejny County Wikipedia