Rybnik County

Infobox Settlement
name = Rybnik County
native_name = Powiat rybnicki
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat rybnicki COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
area_total_km2 = 224.63
population_total = 73527
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 28486
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 45041
coor_type = Rybnik
latd = 50
latm = 5
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 33
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Rybnik
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 5
p1 = Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny
p2 = Gmina Gaszowice
p3 = Gmina Jejkowice
p4 = Gmina Lyski
p5 = Gmina Świerklany
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SRB
website = http://www.starostwo.rybnik.pl/ __NOTOC__Rybnik County ( _pl. powiat rybnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Rybnik, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only town in Rybnik County is Czerwionka-Leszczyny, which lies convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Rybnik.

The county consists of three disjoint parts, separated by the city of Rybnik. The total area of the county is convert|224.63|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 73,527, out of which the population of Czerwionka-Leszczyny is 28,486 and the rural population is 45,041.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Rybnik, Rybnik County is also bordered by Gliwice County to the north, Mikołów County and the city of Żory to the east, the city of Jastrzębie-Zdrój to the south, Wodzisław County to the south-west, and Racibórz County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban-rural and four 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]