Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Warmian-Masurian
- Seat
- Giżycko
- Gminas
- Total 6 (incl. 1 urban) Giżycko Gmina Giżycko Gmina Kruklanki Gmina Miłki Gmina Ryn Gmina Wydminy
- Total
- 1,118.74 km (431.95 sq mi)
- Density
- 50.647/km (131.18/sq mi)
- Urban
- 32,186
- Rural
- 24,475
- Car plates
- NGI
- Website
- http://www.gizycko.starostwo.gov.pl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- powiat
- Country
- Poland
- Contains
- Gmina Giżycko
- Capital
- Giżycko
- Population
- 53834
- Area
- 1118.74
- Shares border with
- Węgorzewo County
- Official website
- www.gizycko.starostwo.gov.pl
- Image
- Zamek w Rynie z lotu ptaka 1.jpg
- Licence plate code
- NGI
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- Commons category
- Powiat giżycki
- topic's main category
- Category:Giżycko County
- postal code
- 11-500
- P6482
- Giżycko County
- twinned administrative body
- Alytus
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Encyclopedic overview
Giżycko County (Polish: powiat giżycki) 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 of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Giżycko, which lies 88 kilometres (55 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The only other town in the county is Ryn, lying 18 km (11 mi) south-west of Giżycko.
The county covers an area of 1,118.74 square kilometres (431.9 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 56,661, out of which the population of Giżycko is 29,335, that of Ryn is 2,851, and the rural population is 24,475.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giżycko County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.