Zawiercie County
Powiat zawierciański | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within Silesian Voivodeship | |
| Coordinates (Zawiercie): 50°30′N 19°25′E / 50.500°N 19.417°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| Seat | Zawiercie |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,003.27 km2 (387.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 118,020 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 74,500 |
| • Rural | 43,520 |
| Car plates | SZA |
| Website | http://www.zawiercie.powiat.pl/ |
Zawiercie County (Polish: powiat zawierciański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern 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 Zawiercie, which lies 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice. The county contains five other towns: Poręba, 6 km (4 mi) west of Zawiercie, Łazy, 8 km (5 mi) south of Zawiercie, Ogrodzieniec, 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Zawiercie, Szczekociny, 33 km (21 mi) north-east of Zawiercie, and Pilica, 18 km (11 mi) east of Zawiercie.
The county covers an area of 1,003.27 square kilometres (387.4 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population was 118,020. The most populated towns are Zawiercie with 49,334 inhabitants and Poręba with 8,525 inhabitants.
- ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.