Bytów County

Bytów County Powiat bytowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Division into gminas
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
Seat	Bytów
Gminas	Total 10 Gmina Borzytuchom Gmina Bytów Gmina Czarna Dąbrówka Gmina Kołczygłowy Gmina Lipnica Gmina Miastko Gmina Parchowo Gmina Studzienice Gmina Trzebielino Gmina Tuchomie
Area
• Total	2,192.81 km2 (846.65 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	75,313
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
• Urban	27,702
• Rural	47,611
Car plates	GBY
Website	http://www.powiatbytowski.pl/

Bytów County (Kashubian: bëtowsczi pòwiat, Polish: powiat bytowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern 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 largest town is Bytów, which lies 79 kilometres (49 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Miastko, lying 37 km (23 mi) west of Bytów.

The county covers an area of 2,192.81 square kilometres (846.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 75,313, out of which the population of Bytów is 16,715, that of Miastko is 10,987, and the rural population is 47,611.

Kartuzy

Wejherowo

Puck

Gdynia

Sopot

Gdańsk

Gdańsk

N. Dwór Gd.

Lębork

Słupsk

Słupsk

Tczew

Malbork

Sztum

Kwidzyn

Kościerzyna

Człuchów

Chojnice

Bytów

Starogard
Gdański

Bytów County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bytów County is bordered by Słupsk County to the north, Lębork County to the north-east, Kartuzy County and Kościerzyna County to the east, Chojnice County and Człuchów County to the south, and Szczecinek County and Koszalin County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (two urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Bytów	urban-rural	197.4	23,568	Bytów
Gmina Miastko	urban-rural	466.8	19,765	Miastko
Gmina Czarna Dąbrówka	rural	298.3	5,626	Czarna Dąbrówka
Gmina Lipnica	rural	309.6	4,796	Lipnica
Gmina Kołczygłowy	rural	173.3	4,321	Kołczygłowy
Gmina Tuchomie	rural	106.5	3,915	Tuchomie
Gmina Trzebielino	rural	225.5	3,716	Trzebielino
Gmina Studzienice	rural	176.0	3,408	Studzienice
Gmina Parchowo	rural	130.9	3,407	Parchowo
Gmina Borzytuchom	rural	108.6	2,791	Borzytuchom

References

• Polish official population figures 2006