Chełmno County

County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Chełmno County

Powiat chełmiński

County

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Voivodeship on a map of Poland

Coordinates (Chełmno): 53°21′57″N 18°25′22″E﻿ / ﻿53.36583°N 18.42278°E﻿ / 53.36583; 18.42278
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Seat| Chełmno
Gminas|

Total 7 (incl. 1 urban)

* Chełmno
* Gmina Chełmno
* Gmina Kijewo Królewskie
* Gmina Lisewo
* Gmina Papowo Biskupie
* Gmina Stolno
* Gmina Unisław

Area

• Total

| 527.62 km2 (203.72 sq mi)
Population

(2019)

• Total

| 52,018
• Density| 99/km2 (260/sq mi)
• Urban

| 19,605
• Rural

| 32,413
Car plates| CCH
Website| http://www.powiat-chelmno.pl

Chełmno County (Polish: powiat chełmiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Chełmno, which lies 40 km (25 mi) north of Toruń and 40 km (25 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz.

The county covers an area of 527.62 square kilometres (203.7 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 52,018, out of which the population of Chełmno is 19,605 and the rural population is 32,413.

The county includes the protected area called Chełmno Landscape Park, which stretches along the right bank of the Vistula river.

## Neighbouring counties

[edit]

Chełmno County is bordered by Świecie County to the north, Grudziądz County and Wąbrzeźno County to the east, Toruń County to the south, and Bydgoszcz County to the south-west.

## Administrative division

[edit]

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

Division of Chełmno County

Gmina | Type | Area
(km2) | Population
(2019) | Seat

|
|
|
|

Chełmno | urban  | 13.6  | 19,605  |
Gmina Unisław | rural  | 72.5  | 6,967  | Unisław
Gmina Chełmno | rural  | 114.1  | 6,084  | Chełmno *
Gmina Stolno | rural  | 98.4  | 5,278  | Stolno
Gmina Lisewo | rural  | 86.2  | 5,212  | Lisewo
Gmina Kijewo Królewskie | rural  | 72.2  | 4,529  | Kijewo Królewskie
Gmina Papowo Biskupie | rural  | 70.4  | 4,343  | Papowo Biskupie
* seat not part of the gmina

## References

[edit]

* Polish official population figures 2019 Archived 2021-04-19 at the Wayback Machine

* v
* t
* e

Gminas of Chełmno County

Seat|

* Chełmno (urban gmina)

Rural gminas|

* Gmina Chełmno
* Gmina Kijewo Królewskie
* Gmina Lisewo
* Gmina Papowo Biskupie
* Gmina Stolno
* Gmina Unisław

* v
* t
* e

Counties of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties|

* Bydgoszcz (governor's seat)
* Toruń (assembly seat)
* Grudziądz
* Włocławek

Land counties|

* Aleksandrów
* Brodnica
* Bydgoszcz
* Chełmno
* Golub-Dobrzyń
* Grudziądz
* Inowrocław
* Lipno
* Mogilno
* Nakło
* Radziejów
* Rypin
* Sępólno
* Świecie
* Toruń
* Tuchola
* Wąbrzeźno
* Włocławek
* Żnin

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template