Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Warmian-Masurian
- Seat
- Olsztyn
- Gminas
- Total 12 Gmina Barczewo Gmina Biskupiec Gmina Dobre Miasto Gmina Dywity Gmina Gietrzwałd Gmina Jeziorany Gmina Jonkowo Gmina Kolno Gmina Olsztynek Gmina Purda Gmina Stawiguda Gmina Świątki
- Total
- 2,840.29 km (1,096.64 sq mi)
- Density
- 39.9709/km (103.524/sq mi)
- Urban
- 39,205
- Rural
- 74,324
- Car plates
- NOL
- Website
- http://www.powiat-olsztynski.pl
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Olsztyn County (Polish: powiat olsztyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Olsztyn, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains five towns: Dobre Miasto, 24 km (15 mi) north of Olsztyn, Biskupiec, 31 km (19 mi) east of Olsztyn, Olsztynek, 27 km (17 mi) south-west of Olsztyn, Barczewo, 14 km (9 mi) north-east of Olsztyn, and Jeziorany, 26 km (16 mi) north-east of Olsztyn.
The county covers an area of 2,840.29 square kilometres (1,096.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 113,529, out of which the population of Dobre Miasto is 10,489, that of Biskupiec is 10,348, that of Olsztynek is 7,591, that of Barczewo is 7,401, that of Jeziorany is 3,376, and the rural population is 74,324.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olsztyn County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.