Przysucha County

Przysucha County Powiat przysuski
County
Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
Seat	Przysucha
Gminas	Total 8 Gmina Borkowice Gmina Gielniów Gmina Klwów Gmina Odrzywół Gmina Potworów Gmina Przysucha Gmina Rusinów Gmina Wieniawa
Area
• Total	800.68 km2 (309.14 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	43,822
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Urban	6,245
• Rural	37,577
Car plates	WPY
Website	http://www.przysucha.pl

Przysucha County (Polish: powiat przysuski) is a unit 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 only town is Przysucha, which lies 98 kilometres (61 mi) south of Warsaw.

The county covers an area of 800.68 square kilometres (309.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 43,822, out of which the population of Przysucha is 6,245 and the rural population is 37,577.

Neighbouring counties

Przysucha County is bordered by Grójec County to the north, Białobrzegi County to the north-east, Radom County to the east, Szydłowiec County to the south-east, Końskie County to the south-west, and Opoczno County and Tomaszów Mazowiecki County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Przysucha	urban-rural	181.3	12,436	Przysucha
Gmina Wieniawa	rural	104.0	5,523	Wieniawa
Gmina Gielniów	rural	79.2	4,824	Gielniów
Gmina Borkowice	rural	86.1	4,634	Borkowice
Gmina Rusinów	rural	82.9	4,462	Rusinów
Gmina Potworów	rural	81.9	4,288	Potworów
Gmina Odrzywół	rural	94.8	4,185	Odrzywół
Gmina Klwów	rural	90.5	3,470	Klwów

References

• Polish official population figures 2006