Puck County

County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Puck County

Powiat pucki

County

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Coat of arms

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Puck): 54°42′N 18°24′E﻿ / ﻿54.700°N 18.400°E﻿ / 54.700; 18.400
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Pomeranian
Seat| Puck
Gminas|

Total 7 (incl. 4 urban)

* Hel
* Jastarnia
* Puck
* Gmina Władysławowo
* Gmina Kosakowo
* Gmina Krokowa
* Gmina Puck

Area

• Total| 577.85 km2 (223.11 sq mi)
Population

(2019)

• Total| 85,211
• Density| 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
• Urban

| 27,114
• Rural

| 58,097
Car plates| GPU
Website| powiat.puck.pl

Puck County (Polish: powiat pucki, Kashubian: pùcczi pòwiat) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. The powiat of this name existed in the history of Poland, since the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth up to 1795, and then reintroduced in 1999.

## Modern Puck County[edit]

The modern Puck County came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Puck, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county contains three other towns: Władysławowo, 16 km (10 mi) north of Puck, Jastarnia, 18 km (11 mi) east of Puck, and Hel, 29 km (18 mi) east of Puck, at the tip of the Hel Peninsula.

The county covers an area of 577.85 square kilometres (223.1 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 85,211, out of which the population of Puck is 11,213, that of Władysławowo is 9,930, that of Hel is 3,267, that of Jastarnia is 2,704, and the rural population is 58,097.[1]

Kartuzy

Wejherowo

Puck

Gdynia

Sopot

Gdańsk

Gdańsk

N. Dwór Gd.

Lębork

Słupsk

Słupsk

Tczew

Malbork

Sztum

Kwidzyn

Kościerzyna

Człuchów

Chojnice

Bytów

Starogard
Gdański

Puck County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Puck County is bordered by the city of Gdynia to the south and Wejherowo County to the south-west. It also borders the Bay of Puck to the east and the Baltic Sea to the north.

### Administrative division[edit]

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

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

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Gmina Puck | rural  | 243.3  | 26,522  | Puck *
Gmina Władysławowo | urban-rural  | 38.4  | 15,405  | Władysławowo
Gmina Kosakowo | rural  | 47.4  | 15,268  | Kosakowo
Puck | urban  | 4.9  | 11,213  |
Gmina Krokowa | rural  | 211.8  | 10,832  | Krokowa
Hel | urban  | 21.3  | 3,267  |
Jastarnia | urban  | 8.0  | 2,704  |
* seat not part of the gmina

## Transport[edit]

### Railway transport[edit]

The railway network in the area of this county consists of two active railway lines, 213 and dismantled 263. The lines intersected in Swarzewo.[2]

The station in Puck was located closest to the sea on the Polish railway network, which is why a temporary harbor with a railway siding was built in Puck. The development of railways in the county in the 1920s caused the development of tourism on Hel Spit. Because of the largely tourist traffic on Hel Spit, line 213 shows high seasonal variability of transports. Freight traffic, due to the lack of industry, is marginal.

## References[edit]

1. ^ GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
2. ^ Stankiewicz, Ryszard; Stiasny, Marcin (2011). Mały atlas linii kolejowych Polski 2011 (in Polish). Rybnik, Poland: Wydawn. Eurosprinter. ISBN 9788393100637. OCLC 840683055.

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Gminas of Puck County

Urban gminas|

* Puck (seat)
* Hel
* Jastarnia

Urban-rural gminas|

* Gmina Władysławowo

Rural gminas|

* Gmina Kosakowo
* Gmina Krokowa
* Gmina Puck

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Counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties|

* Gdańsk (capital)
* Gdynia
* Słupsk
* Sopot

Land counties|

* Bytów
* Chojnice
* Człuchów
* Gdańsk
* Kartuzy
* Kościerzyna
* Kwidzyn
* Lębork
* Malbork
* Nowy Dwór Gdański
* Puck
* Słupsk
* Starogard
* Sztum
* Tczew
* Wejherowo

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