Cieszyn County

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Cieszyn County
Powiat cieszyński
County
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County office building in Cieszyn
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Location within Silesian Voivodeship
Coordinates(Cieszyn): 49°44′55.07″N18°38′5.69″E / 49.7486306°N 18.6349139°E / 49.7486306; 18.6349139
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
Seat Cieszyn
Gminas
Total 12 (incl. 3 urban)
Government
 • StarostaMieczysław Szczurek
Area
 • Total730.2 km2 (281.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30 [1] )
 • Total178,145
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
 •  Urban
79,821
 • Rural
98,324
Car plates SCI
Website http://www.powiat.cieszyn.pl/

Cieszyn County (Polish : powiat cieszyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech and Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.

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The county's administrative seat and largest town is Cieszyn, which lies on the Czech border 62 kilometres (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice. The county also contains four other towns: Ustroń, 14 km (9 mi) east of Cieszyn, Skoczów, 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Cieszyn, Wisła, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Cieszyn, and Strumień, 23 km (14 mi) north-east of Cieszyn.

The county covers an area of 730.2 square kilometres (281.9 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 178,145, out of which the population of Cieszyn is 34,513, that of Ustroń is 16,073, that of Skoczów is 14,385, that of Wisła is 11,132, that of Strumień is 3,718, and the rural population is 98,324.

History

The county was first created after Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire in 1850 as Politischer Bezirk Teschen, one of the seven counties in Austrian Silesia. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the territory of the county was divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland. The bigger part of the Austrian county found in Czechoslovakia was superseded by Český Těšín District and smaller part found in Poland, was enlarged by four municipalities of the Austrian Bezirk Freistadt and more than a dozen from Bezirk Bielitz and was admitted to Silesian Voivodeship. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 the Trans-Olza region was annexed by Poland and on 27 September Český Těšín was joined with Cieszyn and 53 municipalities were also adjoined to Cieszyn County. [2] It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II with the county known as Landkreis Teschen. After the war pre-1938 borders were restored. In 1975 the county-level division of Poland was replaced with 49 voivodeships, with the territory of Cieszyn County being encompassed by Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship. It was recreated on January 1, 1999, within Silesian Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.

Neighbouring counties

Cieszyn County is bordered by the city of Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Pszczyna County to the north, and the city of Bielsko-Biała, Bielsko County and Żywiec County to the east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the west and Slovakia to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 12 gminas (three urban, two urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

GminaTypeArea
(km2)		Population
(2019)		Seat
Cieszyn urban28.734,513 
Gmina Skoczów urban-rural63.326,943 Skoczów
Ustroń urban58.916,073 
Gmina Zebrzydowice rural41.713,240 Zebrzydowice
Gmina Strumień urban-rural58.413,240 Strumień
Gmina Goleszów rural65.913,160 Goleszów
Gmina Istebna rural84.312,129 Istebna
Gmina Brenna rural95.511,222 Brenna
Wisła urban110.311,132 
Gmina Hażlach rural49.010,872 Hażlach
Gmina Chybie rural31.89,803 Chybie
Gmina Dębowiec rural42.55,818 Dębowiec

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References

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