Kamień County

Kamień County

Infobox Settlement
name = Kamień County
native_name = Powiat kamieński
settlement_type =



image_shield = POL powiat kamieński COA.svg



map_caption = Location within the voivodeship



map_caption1 = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = West Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1006.65
population_total = 47604
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 25121
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 22483
coor_type = Kamień Pomorski
latd = 53
latm = 58
lats = 11
latNS = N
longd = 14
longm = 47
longs = 9
longEW = E
seat = Kamień Pomorski
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 6
p1 = Gmina Dziwnów
p2 = Gmina Golczewo
p3 = Gmina Kamień Pomorski
p4 = Gmina Międzyzdroje
p5 = Gmina Świerzno
p6 = Gmina Wolin
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = ZKA
website = http://www.kamienpomorski.powiat.pl/
__NOTOC__Kamień County ( _pl. powiat kamieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. 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 Kamień Pomorski, which lies convert|63|km|mi|0 north of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains four other towns: Międzyzdroje, convert|23|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Kamień Pomorski, Wolin, convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-west of Kamień Pomorski, Dziwnów, convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of Kamień Pomorski, and Golczewo, convert|21|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-east of Kamień Pomorski.

The county covers an area of convert|1006.65|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 47,604, out of which the population of Kamień Pomorski is 9,134, that of Międzyzdroje is 5,436, that of Wolin is 4,878, that of Dziwnów is 2,949, that of Golczewo is 2,724, and the rural population is 22,483.

Neighbouring counties

Kamień County is bordered by Gryfice County to the east, Goleniów County to the south and the city of Świnoujście to the west. It also borders the Baltic Sea to the north.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (five 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]


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