Pruszków County

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Pruszków County
Powiat pruszkowski

— County —

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Pruszków): 52°10′N 20°48′E / 52.167, 20.8

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 6 (incl. 2 urban)

Area

- Total

246.31 km² (95.1 sq mi)

Population (2006)

- Total

145,870

- Density

592.2/km² (1,533.8/sq mi)

- Urban

90,628

- Rural

55,242

Car plates

WPR

Website: http://www.powiat.pruszkow.pl

Pruszków County (Polish: powiat pruszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Pruszków, which lies 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Warsaw. The county also contains the towns of Piastów, lying 4 km (2 mi) north-east of Pruszków, and Brwinów, 7 km (4 mi) south-west of Pruszków.

The county covers an area of 246.31 square kilometres (95.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 145,870, out of which the population of Pruszków is 55,387, that of Piastów is 23,273, that of Brwinów is 11,968, and the rural population is 55,242.

[edit] Neighbouring counties

Pruszków County is bordered by Warsaw West County to the north, the city of Warsaw to the east, Piaseczno County to the south-east and Grodzisk Mazowiecki County to the west.

[edit] Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (two urban, one urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Pruszków	urban	19.2	55,387
Piastów	urban	5.8	23,273
Gmina Brwinów	urban-rural	69.2	21,531	Brwinów
Gmina Raszyn	rural	43.9	19,788	Raszyn
Gmina Michałowice	rural	34.9	15,529	Michałowice
Gmina Nadarzyn	rural	73.4	10,362	Nadarzyn

[edit] References

Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Gminas of Pruszków County

Urban gminas: Pruszków (seat) • Piastów Urban-rural gmina: Gmina Brwinów Rural gminas: Gmina Michałowice • Gmina Nadarzyn • Gmina Raszyn

v • d • e Counties of Masovian Voivodeship

City counties: Warsaw (capital) • Ostrołęka • Płock • Radom • Siedlce Land counties: Białobrzegi • Ciechanów • Garwolin • Gostynin • Grodzisk Mazowiecki • Grójec • Kozienice • Legionowo • Lipsko • Łosice • Maków • Mińsk • Mława • Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki • Ostrołęka • Ostrów Mazowiecka • Otwock • Piaseczno • Płock • Płońsk • Pruszków • Przasnysz • Przysucha • Pułtusk • Radom • Siedlce • Sierpc • Sochaczew • Sokołów • Szydłowiec • Warsaw West • Węgrów • Wołomin • Wyszków • Żuromin • Zwoleń • Żyrardów