Wąbrzeźno County

County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Wąbrzeźno County

Powiat wąbrzeski

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Wąbrzeźno): 53°17′N 18°57′E﻿ / ﻿53.283°N 18.950°E﻿ / 53.283; 18.950
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Seat| Wąbrzeźno
Gminas|

Total 5 (incl. 1 urban)

* Wąbrzeźno
* Gmina Dębowa Łąka
* Gmina Książki
* Gmina Płużnica
* Gmina Wąbrzeźno

Area

• Total| 501.31 km2 (193.56 sq mi)
Population

(2019)

• Total| 34,297[1]
• Urban

| 13,570
• Rural

| 20,727
Car plates| CWA
Website| http://www.wabrzezno.pl

Wąbrzeźno County (Polish: powiat wąbrzeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-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 only town is Wąbrzeźno, which lies 36 km (22 mi) north-east of Toruń and 66 km (41 mi) east of Bydgoszcz.

The county covers an area of 501.31 square kilometres (193.6 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 34,297, out of which the population of Wąbrzeźno is 13,570 and the rural population is 20,727.

## Neighbouring counties

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Wąbrzeźno County is bordered by Grudziądz County to the north, Brodnica County to the east, Golub-Dobrzyń County to the south, Toruń County to the south-west, and Chełmno County to the west.

## Administrative division

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

Gmina | Type | Area
(km2) | Population
(2019)[1] | Seat

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Wąbrzeźno | urban  | 8.5  | 13,570  |
Gmina Ryńsk | rural  | 200.8  | 8,569  | Wąbrzeźno *
Gmina Płużnica | rural  | 119.3  | 4,811  | Płużnica
Gmina Książki | rural  | 86.5  | 4,163  | Książki
Gmina Dębowa Łąka | rural  | 86.1  | 3,184  | Dębowa Łąka
* seat not part of the gmina

## References

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1. ^ a b GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

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Gminas of Wąbrzeźno County

Seat: Wąbrzeźno (urban gmina)

Rural gminas|

* Gmina Dębowa Łąka
* Gmina Książki
* Gmina Płużnica
* Gmina Ryńsk

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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

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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