Pruszków County

Pruszków County Powiat pruszkowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
Seat	Pruszków
Gminas	Total 6 (incl. 2 urban) Piastów Pruszków Gmina Brwinów Gmina Michałowice Gmina Nadarzyn Gmina Raszyn
Area
• Total	246.31 km2 (95.10 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	145,870
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	90,628
• Rural	55,242
Car plates	WPR
Website	http://www.powiat.pruszkow.pl

Pruszków County (Polish: powiat pruszkowski) 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 largest town is Pruszków, which lies 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Warsaw. The county also contains the towns of Piastów, lying 4 km (2 mi) north-east of Pruszków, and Brwinów, 7 km (4 mi) south-west of Pruszków.

The county covers an area of 246.31 square kilometres (95.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 145,870, out of which the population of Pruszków is 55,387, that of Piastów is 23,273, that of Brwinów is 11,968, and the rural population is 55,242.

Neighbouring counties

Pruszków County is bordered by Warsaw West County to the north, the city of Warsaw to the east, Piaseczno County to the south-east and Grodzisk Mazowiecki County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Pruszków	urban	19.2	55,387
Piastów	urban	5.8	23,273
Gmina Brwinów	urban-rural	69.2	21,531	Brwinów
Gmina Raszyn	rural	43.9	19,788	Raszyn
Gmina Michałowice	rural	34.9	15,529	Michałowice
Gmina Nadarzyn	rural	73.4	10,362	Nadarzyn

References

• Polish official population figures 2006