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Węgorzewo County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
NWE

Population
  
23,641 (2006)

Seat
  
Węgorzewo

Area
  
693.4 km²

Capital
  
Węgorzewo

Węgorzewo County

Gminas
  
Total 3 Gmina Budry Gmina Pozezdrze Gmina Węgorzewo

Voivodeship
  
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Points of interest
  
MAMERKI "Miasto Brygidy", Muzeum Kultury Ludowej, Bunkry byłej kwatery d, Mamerki, Przystań Żeglarska Skłodowo

Węgorzewo County (Polish: powiat węgorzewski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. It was created in 2002 out of the northern part of Giżycko County. Its administrative seat and only town is Węgorzewo, which lies 95 kilometres (59 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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Map of W%C4%99gorzewo County, Poland

The county covers an area of 693.43 square kilometres (267.7 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 23,641, out of which the population of Węgorzewo is 11,638 and the rural population is 12,003.

Neighbouring counties

Węgorzewo County is bordered by Gołdap County to the east, Giżycko County to the south and Kętrzyn County to the west. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the north.

Administrative division

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

References

Węgorzewo County Wikipedia