Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Pomeranian
- Seat
- Kościerzyna
- Gminas
- Total 8 (incl. 1 urban) Kościerzyna Gmina Dziemiany Gmina Karsin Gmina Kościerzyna Gmina Liniewo Gmina Lipusz Gmina Nowa Karczma Gmina Stara Kiszewa
- Total
- 1,165.85 km (450.14 sq mi)
- Density
- 62.263/km (161.26/sq mi)
- Urban
- 23,776
- Rural
- 48,813
- Car plates
- GKS
- Website
- https://www.powiatkoscierski.pl/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- powiat
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Contains
- Gmina Stara Kiszewa
- Capital
- Kościerzyna
- Population
- 72200
- Area
- 1165.85
- Shares border with
- Powiat gdański
- Official website
- www.powiatkoscierski.pl
- Image
- Wyspa ostrów wielki - wyspakaszuby.jpg
- Licence plate code
- GKS
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kościerzyna County
- Commons category
- Powiat kościerski
- postal code
- 83-400
- inception
- 1999-00-00
- native label
- Powiat kościerski
- P6482
- Kościerzyna County
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Encyclopedic overview
Kościerzyna County (Kashubian: Kòscérsczi kréz, Polish: powiat kościerski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian 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 Kościerzyna, which lies 51 kilometres (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Its borders equal approximately the borders of the old Marquessate of Berent in the German Empire.
The county covers an area of 1,165.85 square kilometres (450.1 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 72,589, out of which the population of Kościerzyna is 23,776, and the rural population is 48,813.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kościerzyna County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.