Tuchola County

Tuchola County Powiat tucholski
—  County  —
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Tuchola): 53°36′N 17°51′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Seat	Tuchola
Gminas	Total 6 Gmina Cekcyn Gmina Gostycyn Gmina Kęsowo Gmina Lubiewo Gmina Śliwice Gmina Tuchola
Area
• Total	1,075.27 km2 (415.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	47,230
• Density	43.9/km2 (113.8/sq mi)
• Urban	13,935
• Rural	33,295
Car plates	CTU
Website	http://www.powiat.tuchola.pl/

Tuchola County (Polish: powiat tucholski) 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 Tuchola, which lies 55 km (34 mi) north of Bydgoszcz and 81 km (50 mi) north-west of Toruń.

The county covers an area of 1,075.27 square kilometres (415.2 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 47,230, out of which the population of Tuchola is 13,935 and the rural population is 33,295.

The county contains most of the protected area called Tuchola Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Tuchola County is bordered by Starogard County to the north-east, Świecie County to the east, Bydgoszcz County to the south, Sępólno County to the south-west and Chojnice County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Tuchola	urban-rural	239.4	20,076	Tuchola
Gmina Cekcyn	rural	253.3	6,437	Cekcyn
Gmina Lubiewo	rural	162.8	5,717	Lubiewo
Gmina Śliwice	rural	174.8	5,430	Śliwice
Gmina Gostycyn	rural	136.2	5,189	Gostycyn
Gmina Kęsowo	rural	108.8	4,381	Kęsowo

References

• Polish official population figures 2006