Szczytno County
Powiat szczycieński
County
Flag of Szczytno County
Flag
Coat of arms of Szczytno County
Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Szczytno): 53°33′46″N 20°59′7″E / 53.56278°N 20.98528°E / 53.56278; 20.98528
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
SeatSzczytno
Gminas
Total 8 (incl. 1 urban)
Area
 • Total1,933.1 km2 (746.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total69,289
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
 • Urban
28,230
 • Rural
41,059
Car platesNSZ
Websitehttp://www.powiat.szczytno.pl

Szczytno County (Polish: powiat szczycieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian 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 Szczytno, which lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The only other town in the county is Pasym, lying 18 km (11 mi) north-west of Szczytno.[1]

The county covers an area of 1,933.1 square kilometres (746.4 sq mi).[2] As of 2006 its total population is 69,289, out of which the population of Szczytno is 25,680, that of Pasym is 2,550, and the rural population is 41,059.[3]

Neighbouring counties

Szczytno County is bordered by Mrągowo County to the north, Pisz County to the east, Ostrołęka County to the south-east, Przasnysz County to the south, Nidzica County to the west and Olsztyn County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina Type Area
(km²)		 Population
(2006)		 Seat
Szczytno urban 10.0 25,680  
Gmina Szczytno rural 347.3 10,454 Szczytno *
Gmina Dźwierzuty rural 263.4 6,631 Dźwierzuty
Gmina Wielbark urban-rural 347.9 6,257 Wielbark
Gmina Świętajno rural 279.8 5,879 Świętajno
Gmina Rozogi rural 224.0 5,643 Rozogi
Gmina Pasym urban-rural 149.4 5,184 Pasym
Gmina Jedwabno rural 311.5 3,561 Jedwabno
* seat not part of the gmina

Historical population

In 1825 Szczytno County (Kreis Ortelsburg) had 38028 inhabitants, including by mother tongue: 34928 (~92%) Polish and 3100 (~8%) German.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Odległości między miastami (Distances between towns)
  2. ↑ GIOS (Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection) Archived December 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Polish official population figures 2006
  4. ↑ von Haxthausen, August (1839). Die ländliche verfassung in den einzelnen provinzen der Preussischen Monarchie (in German). Königsberg: Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 78–81.
  5. ↑ Belzyt, Leszek (1996). "Zur Frage des nationalen Bewußtseins der Masuren im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (auf der Basis statistischer Angaben)". Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung (in German). Bd. 45, Nr. 1: 35–71 – via zfo-online.
  6. ↑ Jasiński, Grzegorz (2009). "Statystyki językowe powiatów mazurskich z pierwszej połowy XIX wieku (do 1862 roku)" (PDF). Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). 1: 97–130 – via BazHum.
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