Wałcz County

Wałcz County Powiat wałecki
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Wałcz): 53°16′N 16°28′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
Seat	Wałcz
Gminas	Total 5 (incl. 1 urban) Wałcz Gmina Człopa Gmina Mirosławiec Gmina Tuczno Gmina Wałcz
Area
• Total	1,414.79 km2 (546.25 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	54,639
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Urban	33,128
• Rural	21,511
Car plates	ZWA
Website	http://www.powiatwalecki.pl

Wałcz County (Polish: powiat wałecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Wałcz, which lies 127 kilometres (79 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains three other towns: Mirosławiec, 27 km (17 mi) west of Wałcz, Człopa, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of Wałcz, and Tuczno, 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Wałcz.

The county covers an area of 1,414.79 square kilometres (546.3 sq mi). 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.

Gmina	Type	Area (km2)	Population (2006)	Seat
Wałcz	urban	38.2	26,140
Gmina Wałcz	rural	575.1	12,424	Wałcz *
Gmina Mirosławiec	urban-rural	203.3	6,026	Mirosławiec
Gmina Człopa	urban-rural	348.4	5,124	Człopa
Gmina Tuczno	urban-rural	249.9	4,925	Tuczno
* seat not part of the gmina

References

• Polish official population figures 2006