Wałcz County

Infobox Settlement
name = Wałcz County
native_name = Powiat wałecki
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat wałecki COA.svg

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map_caption = Location within the voivodeship

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map_caption1 = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = West Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1414.79
population_total = 54639
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 33128
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 21511
coor_type = Wałcz
latd = 53
latm = 16
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 16
longm = 28
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Wałcz
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 5 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Wałcz
p2 = Gmina Człopa
p3 = Gmina Mirosławiec
p4 = Gmina Tuczno
p5 = Gmina Wałcz
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = ZWA
website = http://www.powiatwalecki.pl __NOTOC__Wałcz County ( _pl. powiat wałecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western 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 Wałcz, which lies convert|127|km|mi|0 east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains three other towns: Mirosławiec, convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Wałcz, Człopa, convert|31|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-west of Wałcz, and Tuczno, convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-west of Wałcz.

The county covers an area of convert|1414.79|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 54,639, out of which the population of Wałcz is 26,140, that of Mirosławiec is 2,633, that of Człopa is 2,390, that of Tuczno is 1,965, and the rural population is 21,511.

Neighbouring counties

Wałcz County is bordered by Złotów County to the east, Piła County to the south-east, Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the south, Strzelce-Drezdenko County to the south-west, Choszczno County to the west and Drawsko County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]