Maków County

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Maków County
Powiat makowski
County
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Location within the voivodeship
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Division into gminas
Coordinates(Maków Mazowiecki): 52°52′N21°6′E / 52.867°N 21.100°E / 52.867; 21.100 Coordinates: 52°52′N21°6′E / 52.867°N 21.100°E / 52.867; 21.100
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
Seat Maków Mazowiecki
Gminas
Area
  Total 1,064.56 km2 (411.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 46,474
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
   Urban 12,541
  Rural 33,933
Car plates WMA
Website http://www.powiat-makowski.pl

Maków County (Polish : powiat makowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central 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 Maków Mazowiecki, which lies 73 kilometres (45 mi) north of Warsaw. The only other town in the county is Różan, lying 20 km (12 mi) east of Maków Mazowiecki.

Polish language West Slavic language spoken in Poland

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Powiat administrative division of Poland

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries. The term "powiat" is most often translated into English as "county" or "district".

Masovian Voivodeship Voivodeship in Poland

Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovia Province is the largest and most populous of the 16 Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5,324,500 inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (226,000) in the south, Płock (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.

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The county covers an area of 1,064.56 square kilometres (411.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 46,474, out of which the population of Maków Mazowiecki is 9,880, that of Różan is 2,661, and the rural population is 33,933.

Neighbouring counties

Maków County is bordered by Ostrołęka County to the north-east, Wyszków County to the south-east, Pułtusk County to the south, Ciechanów County to the west and Przasnysz County to the north-west.

Ostrołęka County County in Masovian, Poland

Ostrołęka County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central 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 Ostrołęka, although the city is not part of the county. The only town in Ostrołęka County is Myszyniec, which lies 38 km (24 mi) north of Ostrołęka.

Wyszków County County in Masovian, Poland

Wyszków County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It originally existed from 1956 until the abolition of the powiats in 1975, but was re-created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998, which reintroduced the powiats and created 16 large voivodeships. The administrative seat and only town in the county is Wyszków, which lies 53 kilometres (33 mi) north-east of Warsaw.

Pułtusk County County in Masovian, Poland

Pułtusk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central 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 only town is Pułtusk, which lies 54 kilometres (34 mi) north of Warsaw.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina administrative division of Poland

The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".

GminaTypeArea
(km²)
Population
(2006)
Seat
Maków Mazowiecki urban10.39,880 
Gmina Krasnosielc rural167.06,544 Krasnosielc
Gmina Płoniawy-Bramura rural135.05,864 Płoniawy-Bramura
Gmina Karniewo rural129.45,448 Karniewo
Gmina Różan urban-rural84.14,423 Różan
Gmina Szelków rural112.93,695 Szelków
Gmina Sypniewo rural128.63,528 Sypniewo
Gmina Rzewnie rural111.72,699 Rzewnie
Gmina Czerwonka rural110.62,646 Czerwonka
Gmina Młynarze rural75.01,747 Młynarze

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