Kościerzyna County




County in Pomeranian, Poland


















































Kościerzyna County


Powiat kościerski

County




Flag of Kościerzyna County
Flag

Coat of arms of Kościerzyna County
Coat of arms

Division into gminas
Division into gminas

Coordinates (Kościerzyna): 54°7′N 17°59′E / 54.117°N 17.983°E / 54.117; 17.983Coordinates: 54°7′N 17°59′E / 54.117°N 17.983°E / 54.117; 17.983
Country
 Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
Seat Kościerzyna
Gminas
Area

 • Total 1,165.85 km2 (450.14 sq mi)
Population
(2006)

 • Total 66,778
 • Density 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
 • Urban

23,016
 • Rural

43,762
Car plates GKS

Kościerzyna County (Polish: powiat kościerski) 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 only town is Kościerzyna, which lies 51 kilometres (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Its borders equal approximately the borders of the old Marquessate of Berent in the German Empire.


The county covers an area of 1,165.85 square kilometres (450.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 66,778, out of which the population of Kościerzyna is 23,016 and the rural population is 43,762.






Kościerzyna County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship


Kościerzyna County is bordered by Kartuzy County to the north, Gdańsk County and Starogard County to the east, Chojnice County to the south, and Bytów County to the west.



History


Before the First Partition of the First Polish Republic in 1772, there was a non-town Kościerzyna County Council. During the Prussian partition in 1818-1919, the Prussian district "Landkreis Berent" functioned. In the years 1920-1939 (the Second Polish Republic) and 1945-1975 (PRL) there was a Kościerzyna Land District. In the period of September 1939 - February / March 1945, the area of the county was under German occupation.


In 1920, the county granted to Poland covered the area of 117,698 ha and was smaller than its Prussian counterpart of 6,301 ha, which left for the Free City of Gdańsk (villages of Częstocin, Trzepowo, Gromadzin, Czarna Huta, Borowina, Olszanka, Sucha Huta, and Pawłowo).[1]



Administrative division


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




































































Gmina

Type

Area
(km²)


Population
(2006)


Seat

Kościerzyna
urban
15.8
23,016
 

Gmina Kościerzyna
rural
310.2
13,295

Kościerzyna *

Gmina Nowa Karczma
rural
113.3
6,288

Nowa Karczma

Gmina Stara Kiszewa
rural
213.1
6,267

Stara Kiszewa

Gmina Karsin
rural
169.2
5,905

Karsin

Gmina Liniewo
rural
110.1
4,561

Liniewo

Gmina Dziemiany
rural
125.0
4,065

Dziemiany

Gmina Lipusz
rural
109.2
3,381

Lipusz
* seat not part of the gmina


References




  1. ^ Franciszek Mamuszka, Izabella Trojanowska (1972). Kościerzyna i ziemia kościerska. Wydawnictwo Morskie..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Polish official population figures 2006











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