Malbork County

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Malbork County
Powiat malborski
POL powiat malborski flag.svg
POL powiat malborski COA.svg
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Division into gminas
Coordinates(Malbork): 54°2′N19°2′E / 54.033°N 19.033°E / 54.033; 19.033
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
Seat Malbork
Gminas
Area
  Total494.63 km2 (190.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total63,575
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
   Urban
42,713
  Rural
20,862
Car plates GMB
Website http://www.powiat.malbork.pl

Malbork County (Polish : powiat malborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.[ citation needed ] Its administrative seat and largest town is Malbork (site of the historic Malbork Castle), 46 kilometres (29 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Nowy Staw, lying 12 km (7 mi) north of Malbork. Until 2002, the county also included the areas which now make up Sztum County.

The county covers an area of 494.63 square kilometres (191.0 sq mi). As of 2019, its total population is 63,575, out of which the population of Malbork is 38,464, of the urban-rural gmina of Nowy Staw is 4,248, and of the rural gminas is 20,862. [1]


Malbork County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Malbork County is bordered by Nowy Dwór Gdański County to the north, Elbląg County to the east, Sztum County to the south, Tczew County to the west and Gdańsk County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and four rural):

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Malbork urban17.238,465
Gmina Nowy Staw urban-rural114.47,656 Nowy Staw
Gmina Malbork rural100.94,804 Malbork *
Gmina Stare Pole rural79.74,678 Stare Pole
Gmina Lichnowy rural88.74,615 Lichnowy
Gmina Miłoradz rural93.83,357 Miłoradz
* seat not part of the gmina

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References

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