Stargard County
Powiat stargardzki | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within the voivodeship | |
 Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Stargard): 53°20′N 15°2′E / 53.333°N 15.033°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
| Seat | Stargard |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,519.59 km2 (586.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 119,402 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 79,686 |
| • Rural | 39,716 |
| Car plates | ZST |
| Website | http://www.powiatstargardzki.pl |
Stargard County (Polish: powiat stargardzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western 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 Stargard, which lies 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains four other towns: Chociwel, 26 km (16 mi) north-east of Stargard, Dobrzany, 27 km (17 mi) east of Stargard, Ińsko, 37 km (23 mi) east of Stargard, and Suchań, 21 km (13 mi) east of Stargard.
The county covers an area of 1,519.59 square kilometres (586.7 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 119,402, out of which the population of Stargard is 70,534, that of Chociwel is 3,285, that of Dobrzany is 2,420, that of Ińsko is 2,001, that of Suchań is 1,446, and the rural population is 39,716.