Bielsko County

Bielsko County Powiat bielski
County
County office building
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Silesian Voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
Seat	Bielsko-Biała
Gminas	Total 10 (incl. 1 urban) Szczyrk Gmina Bestwina Gmina Buczkowice Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice Gmina Jasienica Gmina Jaworze Gmina Kozy Gmina Porąbka Gmina Wilamowice Gmina Wilkowice
Government
• Starosta	Andrzej Płonka
Area
• Total	457.2 km2 (176.5 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	150,764
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
• Urban	43,489
• Rural	107,275
Car plates	SBI
Website	http://www.powiat.bielsko.pl/

Bielsko County (Template:Lang-pl) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. 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 Bielsko-Biała, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains three towns: Czechowice-Dziedzice, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Bielsko-Biała, Szczyrk, 14 km (9 mi) south of Bielsko-Biała, and Wilamowice, 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Bielsko-Biała.

The county covers an area of 457.23 square kilometres (176.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 150,764, out of which the population of Czechowice-Dziedzice is 34,811, that of Szczyrk is 5,860, that of Wilamowice is 2,818, and the rural population is 107,275.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Bielsko-Biała, Bielsko County is also bordered by Pszczyna County and Oświęcim County to the north, Wadowice County to the east, Żywiec County to the south, and Cieszyn County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, two 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 Czechowice-Dziedzice	urban-rural	66.3	43,248	Czechowice-Dziedzice
Gmina Jasienica	rural	91.7	20,373	Jasienica
Gmina Wilamowice	urban-rural	56.7	15,166	Wilamowice
Gmina Porąbka	rural	64.6	14,703	Porąbka
Gmina Wilkowice	rural	33.9	12,329	Wilkowice
Gmina Kozy	rural	26.9	11,556	Kozy
Gmina Buczkowice	rural	19.3	10,580	Buczkowice
Gmina Bestwina	rural	37.6	10,412	Bestwina
Gmina Jaworze	rural	21.3	6,537	Jaworze
Szczyrk	urban	39.1	5,860

See also

• Cieszyn Silesia
• Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia

References

• Polish official population figures 2006