Nidzica County

Nidzica County
Powiat nidzicki
Nidzica County Powiat nidzicki
County
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location within the voivodeship
	Division into gminas
	Coordinates(Nidzica): 53°21′30″N20°25′30″E / 53.35833°N 20.42500°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
Seat	Nidzica
Gminas	Total 4 Gmina Janowiec Kościelny ; Gmina Janowo ; Gmina Kozłowo ; Gmina Nidzica ;
Area
• total	960.7 km2 (370.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• total	33,955
• Density	35/km2 (92/sq mi)
• Urban	14,761
• Rural	19,194
Car plates	NNI
Website	http://www.powiatnidzicki.pl

Last updated January 23, 2024

Nidzica County (Polish : powiat nidzicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Nidzica, which lies 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Population

The county's population has stagnated and remained the same for the past four decades, never surpassing the 35,300 mark.

Historical population

In 1825, Nidzica County (Kreis Neidenburg) had 29,617 inhabitants, including by mother tongue: 27,467 (~93%) Polish and 2,149 (~7%) German.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Neighbouring counties

Nidzica County is bordered by Olsztyn County to the north, Szczytno County to the east, Przasnysz County to the south-east, Mława County to the south, Działdowo County to the south-west and Ostróda County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Nidzica	urban-rural	378.9	21,485	Nidzica
Gmina Kozłowo	rural	254.0	6,141	Kozłowo
Gmina Janowiec Kościelny	rural	136.3	3,443	Janowiec Kościelny
Gmina Janowo	rural	191.6	2,886	Janowo

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References

↑ von Haxthausen, August (1839). Die ländliche verfassung in den einzelnen provinzen der Preussischen Monarchie (in German). Königsberg: Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 78–81.
↑ Belzyt, Leszek (1996). "Zur Frage des nationalen Bewußtseins der Masuren im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (auf der Basis statistischer Angaben)". Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung (in German). Bd. 45, Nr. 1: 35–71. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019– via zfo-online.
↑ Jasiński, Grzegorz (2009). "Statystyki językowe powiatów mazurskich z pierwszej połowy XIX wieku (do 1862 roku)" (PDF). Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). 1: 97–130 – via BazHum.

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[1] von Haxthausen, August (1839). Die ländliche verfassung in den einzelnen provinzen der Preussischen Monarchie (in German). Königsberg: Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 78–81.

[2] Belzyt, Leszek (1996). "Zur Frage des nationalen Bewußtseins der Masuren im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (auf der Basis statistischer Angaben)". Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung (in German). Bd. 45, Nr. 1: 35–71. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019– via zfo-online.

[3] Jasiński, Grzegorz (2009). "Statystyki językowe powiatów mazurskich z pierwszej połowy XIX wieku (do 1862 roku)" (PDF). Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). 1: 97–130 – via BazHum.

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v t e Nidzica County
Seat	Nidzica
Urban-rural gmina	Gmina Nidzica
Rural gminas	Gmina Janowiec Kościelny Gmina Janowo Gmina Kozłowo

v t e Counties of Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship
City counties	Olsztyn (capital) Elbląg
Land counties	Bartoszyce Braniewo Działdowo Elbląg Ełk Giżycko Gołdap Iława Kętrzyn Lidzbark Mrągowo Nidzica Nowe Miasto Olecko Olsztyn Ostróda Pisz Szczytno Węgorzewo