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Siedlce County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
WSI

Voivodeship
  
Masovian Voivodeship

Seat
  
Siedlce

Area
  
1,603 km²

Capital
  
Siedlce

Siedlce County

Gminas
  
Total 13 Gmina Domanice Gmina Korczew Gmina Kotuń Gmina Mokobody Gmina Mordy Gmina Paprotnia Gmina Przesmyki Gmina Siedlce Gmina Skórzec Gmina Suchożebry Gmina Wiśniew Gmina Wodynie Gmina Zbuczyn

Colleges and Universities
  
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities

Points of interest
  
Muzeum Regionalne w Siedlca, Park Aleksandria Siedlce, Muzeum Diecezjalne w Siedlca, Kolumna toskańska w Siedlca, Kamienica

Siedlce County (Polish: powiat siedlecki) 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 Siedlce, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only town in Siedlce County is Mordy, which lies 18 km (11 mi) east of Siedlce.

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Map of Siedlce County, Poland

The county covers an area of 1,603.22 square kilometres (619.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 80,560, out of which the population of Mordy is 1,840 and the rural population is 78,720.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Siedlce, Siedlce County is also bordered by Węgrów County and Sokołów County to the north, Siemiatycze County to the north-east, Łosice County and Biała Podlaska County to the east, Łuków County to the south, Garwolin County to the south-west, and Mińsk County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 13 gminas (one urban-rural and 12 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

Siedlce County Wikipedia