Starachowice County

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Starachowice County
Powiat starachowicki
POL powiat starachowicki flag.svg
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Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates(Starachowice): 51°3′N21°4′E / 51.050°N 21.067°E / 51.050; 21.067
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Świętokrzyskie
Seat Starachowice
Gminas
Area
  Total523.27 km2 (202.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total89,925
  Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
   Urban
51,412
  Rural
38,513
Car plates TST
Website http://www.powiat.starachowice.pl

Starachowice County (Polish : powiat starachowicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-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 Starachowice, which lies 37 kilometres (23 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Wąchock, lying 5 km (3 mi) north-west of Starachowice.

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The county covers an area of 523.27 square kilometres (202.0 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 89,925, out of which the population of Starachowice is 48,646, that of Wąchock is 2,766, and the rural population is 38,513. [1]

Neighbouring counties

Starachowice County is bordered by Radom County to the north, Lipsko County and Ostrowiec County to the east, Kielce County to the west, and Skarżysko County and Szydłowiec County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Starachowice urban31.948,646 
Gmina Pawłów rural137.415,272 Pawłów
Gmina Brody rural161.310,911 Brody
Gmina Mirzec rural111.08,294 Mirzec
Gmina Wąchock urban-rural81.86,802 Wąchock

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Gmina Wąchock is an urban-rural gmina in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wąchock, which lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Starachowice and 35 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce.

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