Gliwice County

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Gliwice County
Powiat gliwicki
POL powiat gliwicki flag.svg
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Location within Silesian Voivodeship
Coordinates(Gliwice): 50°17′N18°40′E / 50.283°N 18.667°E / 50.283; 18.667
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
Seat Gliwice
Gminas
Area
  Total663.35 km2 (256.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30 [1] )
  Total115,571
  Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
   Urban
62,261
  Rural
53,310
Car plates SGL
Website http://www.powiatgliwicki.pl/

Gliwice County (Polish : powiat gliwicki) 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 is the city of Gliwice, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains four towns: Knurów, 8 km (5 mi) south of Gliwice, Pyskowice, 12 km (7 mi) north of Gliwice, Toszek, 22 km (14 mi) north-west of Gliwice, and Sośnicowice, 10 km (6 mi) west of Gliwice.

Contents

The county covers an area of 663.35 square kilometres (256.1 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 115,571. The most populated towns are Knurów with 38,310 inhabitants and Pyskowice with 18,432 inhabitants.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Gliwice, Gliwice County is also bordered by Tarnowskie Góry County to the north-east, the city of Zabrze to the east, Mikołów County and the city of Ruda Śląska to the south-east, Rybnik County and the city of Rybnik to the south, Racibórz County to the south-west, Kędzierzyn-Koźle County to the west, and Strzelce County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Knurów urban34.038,310 
Pyskowice urban31.118,432 
Gmina Gierałtowice rural39.012,096 Gierałtowice
Gmina Pilchowice rural67.511,945 Pilchowice
Gmina Rudziniec rural160.410,633 Rudziniec
Gmina Toszek urban-rural98.59,409 Toszek
Gmina Sośnicowice urban-rural116.28,894 Sośnicowice
Gmina Wielowieś rural116.65,852 Wielowieś

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