Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Warmian-Masurian
- Seat
- Węgorzewo
- Gminas
- Total 3 Gmina Budry Gmina Pozezdrze Gmina Węgorzewo
- Total
- 693.43 km (267.73 sq mi)
- Density
- 29.856/km (77.327/sq mi)
- Urban
- 10,488
- Rural
- 10,140
- Car plates
- NWE
- Website
- http://www.powiatwegorzewski.pl
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Węgorzewo County (Polish: powiat węgorzewski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. It was created in 2002 out of the northern part of Giżycko County. Its administrative seat and only town is Węgorzewo, which lies 95 kilometres (59 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The county covers an area of 693.43 square kilometres (267.7 sq mi). As of 2024 its total population is 20,703, out of which the population of Węgorzewo is 10,488 and the rural population is 10,140.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Węgorzewo County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.