Suwałki County
Suwałki County
Powiat suwalski | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within the voivodeship | |
| Coordinates (Suwałki): 54°5′N 22°56′E / 54.083°N 22.933°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| Seat | Suwałki |
| Gminas | Total 9 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,307.31 km2 (504.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 35,689 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| Car plates | BSU |
| Website | http://www.powiat.suwalski.pl/ |
Suwałki County (Polish: powiat suwalski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Suwałki, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county); there are no towns within the county.
The county covers an area of 1,307.31 square kilometres (504.8 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 35,689.[1] It includes the protected area known as Suwałki Landscape Park.
Neighbouring counties
[edit]Apart from the city of Suwałki, Suwałki County is also bordered by Sejny County to the east, Augustów County to the south, Ełk County to the south-west, and Olecko County and Gołdap County to the west. It also borders Lithuania to the north.
Administrative division
[edit]The county is subdivided into nine gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
| Gmina Suwałki | rural | 264.8 | 7,706 | Suwałki * |
| Gmina Raczki | rural | 142.3 | 5,895 | Raczki |
| Gmina Filipów | rural | 150.4 | 4,332 | Filipów |
| Gmina Szypliszki | rural | 156.6 | 3,883 | Szypliszki |
| Gmina Jeleniewo | rural | 131.8 | 3,140 | Jeleniewo |
| Gmina Bakałarzewo | rural | 123.0 | 3,116 | Bakałarzewo |
| Gmina Przerośl | rural | 123.8 | 2,937 | Przerośl |
| Gmina Wiżajny | rural | 122.6 | 2,358 | Wiżajny |
| Gmina Rutka-Tartak | rural | 92.3 | 2,322 | Rutka-Tartak |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
