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Wołomin County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
WWL, WV

Capital
  
Wołomin

Team
  
Dolcan Ząbki

Seat
  
Wołomin

Area
  
955.4 km²

Voivodeship
  
Masovian Voivodeship

Wołomin County

Gminas
  
Total 12 (incl. 4 urban) Kobyłka Marki Ząbki Zielonka Gmina Dąbrówka Gmina Jadów Gmina Klembów Gmina Poświętne Gmina Radzymin Gmina Strachówka Gmina Tłuszcz Gmina Wołomin

University
  
Wyższa Szkoła Współpracy Międzynarodowej i Regionalnej im. Zygmunta Glogera w Wołominie

Points of interest
  
Horowe Bagno Nature R, Skansen w Kuligowie nad Bugi, Rezerwat przyrody Grabicz, Muzeum im Zofii i Wacława, Rezerwat przyrody Dębina I

Wołomin County (Polish: powiat wołomiński) is a wieś 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 and largest town is Wołomin, which lies 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-east of Warsaw. The county contains six other towns: Ząbki, 11 km (7 mi) south-west of Wołomin, Marki, 10 km (6 mi) west of Wołomin, Kobyłka, 3 km (2 mi) south-west of Wołomin, Zielonka, 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Wołomin, Radzymin, 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Wołomin, and Tłuszcz, 18 km (11 mi) north-east of Wołomin.

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Map of Wo%C5%82omin County, Poland

The county covers an area of 955.37 square kilometres (368.9 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 202,444, out of which the population of Wołomin is 36,711, that of Ząbki is 24,422, that of Marki is 23,376, that of Kobyłka is 17,897, that of Zielonka is 17,180, that of Radzymin is 7,864, that of Tłuszcz is 7,283, and the rural population is 67,711.

Neighbouring counties

Wołomin County is bordered by Wyszków County to the north, Węgrów County to the east, Mińsk County to the south-east, the city of Warsaw to the south-west and Legionowo County to the west.

Administrative division

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

References

Wołomin County Wikipedia