Tuchola County

Tuchola County
Powiat tucholski
Flag of Tuchola County
Coat of arms of Tuchola County
Location within the voivodeship
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Tuchola): 53°36′N 17°51′E / 53.600°N 17.850°E / 53.600; 17.850
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
SeatTuchola
Gminas
Area
 • Total1,075.27 km2 (415.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total48,329 [1]
 • Urban
13,621
 • Rural
34,708
Car platesCTU
Websitehttp://www.powiat.tuchola.pl/

Tuchola County (Polish: powiat tucholski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Tuchola, which lies 55 km (34 mi) north of Bydgoszcz and 81 km (50 mi) north-west of Toruń.

The county covers an area of 1,075.27 square kilometres (415.2 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 48,329 out of which the population of Tuchola is 13,621 and the rural population is 34,708.

The county contains most of the protected area called Tuchola Landscape Park.

  1. ^ GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-11.