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Tarnowskie Góry County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
STA

Voivodeship
  
Silesian Voivodeship

Team
  
Ruch Radzionków

Seat
  
Tarnowskie Góry

Area
  
642.6 km²

Capital
  
Tarnowskie Góry

Tarnowskie Góry County

Gminas
  
Total 9 (incl. 4 urban) Kalety Miasteczko Śląskie Radzionków Tarnowskie Góry Gmina Krupski Młyn Gmina Ożarowice Gmina Świerklaniec Gmina Tworóg Gmina Zbrosławice

Points of interest
  
Historic Silver Mine in Tarnow, Park w Świerklańcu, Park Miejski w Tarnowsk, Zespół przyrodniczo‑krajobrazowy „Park w R, Black Trout Adit

Destinations
  
Tarnowskie Góry, Świerklaniec, Radzionków, Nakło Śląskie, Miasteczko Śląskie

Tarnowskie Góry County (Polish: powiat tarnogórski) 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 largest town is Tarnowskie Góry, which lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the regional capital Katowice. The county contains three other towns: Radzionków, 8 km (5 mi) south of Tarnowskie Góry, Kalety, 14 km (9 mi) north of Tarnowskie Góry, and Miasteczko Śląskie, 5 km (3 mi) north-east of Tarnowskie Góry.

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Map of Tarnowskie G%C3%B3ry County, Poland

The county covers an area of 642.63 square kilometres (248.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 137,979, out of which the population of Tarnowskie Góry is 61,107, that of Radzionków is 17,220, that of Kalety is 8,657, that of Miasteczko Śląskie is 7,368, and the rural population is 43,627.

Neighbouring counties

Tarnowskie Góry County is bordered by Lubliniec County to the north, Myszków County to the east, Będzin County and the city of Piekary Śląskie to the south-east, the cities of Bytom and Zabrze to the south, the city of Gliwice and Gliwice County to the south-west, and Strzelce County to the west.

Administrative division

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

References

Tarnowskie Góry County Wikipedia