Bielsko County

Infobox Settlement
name = Bielsko County
native_name=Powiat bielski
settlement_type=County


image_shield =
image_blank_emblem = Bielsko powiat logo.jpg
subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=POL
subdivision_type1=Voivodeship
subdivision_name1=Silesian
seat = Bielsko-Biała
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 10 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Szczyrk
p2 = Gmina Bestwina
p3 = Gmina Buczkowice
p4 = Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice
p5 = Gmina Jasienica
p6 = Gmina Jaworze
p7 = Gmina Kozy
p8 = Gmina Porąbka
p9 = Gmina Wilamowice
p10 = Gmina Wilkowice
area_total_km2 = 457.2
total_type=Total
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 150764
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 43489
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 107275
leader_title = Starosta
leader_name = Andrzej Płonka
blank_name=Car plates
blank_info=SBI
website=http://www.powiat.bielsko.pl/__NOTOC__Bielsko County ( _pl. powiat bielski) 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 Bielsko-Biała, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains three towns: Czechowice-Dziedzice, convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of Bielsko-Biała, Szczyrk, convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Bielsko-Biała, and Wilamowice, convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Bielsko-Biała.

The county covers an area of convert|457.23|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 150,764, out of which the population of Czechowice-Dziedzice is 34,811, that of Szczyrk is 5,860, that of Wilamowice is 2,818, and the rural population is 107,275.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Bielsko-Biała, Bielsko County is also bordered by Pszczyna County and Oświęcim County to the north, Wadowice County to the east, Żywiec County to the south, and Cieszyn County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

See also

* Cieszyn Silesia
* Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia

References

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