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Karkonosze County

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Also known as Jelenia Góra County, Karkonoski County

powiat of Poland

Key facts

Country
Poland
Voivodeship
Lower Silesian
Seat
Jelenia Góra
Gminas
Total 9 (incl. 4 urban) Karpacz Kowary Piechowice Szklarska Poręba Gmina Janowice Wielkie Gmina Jeżów Sudecki Gmina Myslakowice Gmina Podgórzyn Gmina Stara Kamienica
Total
628.21 km (242.55 sq mi)
Density
101.30/km (262.37/sq mi)
Urban
28,213
Rural
35,426
Time zone
UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+2 ( CEST )
Car plates
DJE
Website
https://www.powiatkarkonoski.eu

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
powiat
Country
Poland
Population
60744
Area
628.21
Shares border with
Czech Republic
Highest point
Sněžka
Official website
www.powiatkarkonoski.eu
Image
Spojrzenie na Janowice Wielkie.jpg
Licence plate code
DJE
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Commons category
Powiat karkonoski
topic's main category
Category:Karkonosze County
postal code
58-500
inception
1999-01-01
native label
powiat karkonoski
mountain range
Giant Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview

Karkonosze County (Polish: powiat karkonoski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.

The county covers an area of 628.2 square kilometres (242.5 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the city of Jelenia Góra, although this city is not part of the county (it forms a separate city county, which is an enclave within Karkonosze County). There are four towns within the county: Karpacz, Szklarska Poręba, Kowary and Piechowice. The first two of these are major ski resorts.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karkonosze County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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