Wyszków County

Infobox Settlement
name = Wyszków County
native_name = Powiat wyszkowski
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat wyszkowski COA.svg


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 = Masovian
area_total_km2 = 876.49
population_total = 71558
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 27010
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 44548
coor_type = Wyszków
latd = 52
latm = 35
lats = 36
latNS = N
longd = 21
longm = 27
longs = 36
longEW = E
seat = Wyszków
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 6
p1 = Gmina Brańszczyk
p2 = Gmina Długosiodło
p3 = Gmina Rząśnik
p4 = Gmina Somianka
p5 = Gmina Wyszków
p6 = Gmina Zabrodzie
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WWY
website = http://www.powiat-wyszkowski.pl/ __NOTOC__Wyszków County ( _pl. powiat wyszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It originally existed from 1956 until the abolition of the powiats in 1975, but was re-created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, which reintroduced the powiats and created 16 large voivodeships. The administrative seat and only town in the county is Wyszków, which lies convert|53|km|mi|0 north-east of Warsaw.

The county covers an area of convert|876.49|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 71,558, out of which the population of Wyszków is 27,010 and the rural population is 44,548.

Neighbouring counties

Wyszków County is bordered by Ostrołęka County to the north, Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the north-east, Węgrów County to the east, Wołomin County to the south, Legionowo County and Pułtusk County to the west, and Maków County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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