Szczytno County
Szczytno County (Polish: powiat szczycieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Szczytno, which lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The only other town in the county is Pasym, lying 18 km (11 mi) north-west of Szczytno.
The county covers an area of 1,933.1 square kilometres (746.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 69,289, out of which the population of Szczytno is 25,680, that of Pasym is 2,550, and the rural population is 41,059.
Neighbouring counties
Szczytno County is bordered by Mrągowo County to the north, Pisz County to the east, Ostrołęka County to the south-east, Przasnysz County to the south, Nidzica County to the west and Olsztyn County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km²) |
Population (2006) |
Seat |
| Szczytno | urban | 10.0 | 25,680 | |
| Gmina Szczytno | rural | 347.3 | 10,454 | Szczytno * |
| Gmina Dźwierzuty | rural | 263.4 | 6,631 | Dźwierzuty |
| Gmina Wielbark | urban-rural | 347.9 | 6,257 | Wielbark |
| Gmina Świętajno | rural | 279.8 | 5,879 | Świętajno |
| Gmina Rozogi | rural | 224.0 | 5,643 | Rozogi |
| Gmina Pasym | urban-rural | 149.4 | 5,184 | Pasym |
| Gmina Jedwabno | rural | 311.5 | 3,561 | Jedwabno |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
Historical population
In 1825 Szczytno County (Kreis Ortelsburg) had 38028 inhabitants, including by mother tongue: 34928 (~92%) Polish and 3100 (~8%) German.
References
- ^ Odległości między miastami (Distances between towns)
- ^ GIOS (Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection) Archived December 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Polish official population figures 2006
- ^ von Haxthausen, August (1839). Die ländliche verfassung in den einzelnen provinzen der Preussischen Monarchie (in German). Königsberg: Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 78–81.
- ^ Belzyt, Leszek (1996). "Zur Frage des nationalen Bewußtseins der Masuren im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (auf der Basis statistischer Angaben)". Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung (in German). Bd. 45, Nr. 1: 35–71 – via zfo-online.
- ^ Jasiński, Grzegorz (2009). "Statystyki językowe powiatów mazurskich z pierwszej połowy XIX wieku (do 1862 roku)" (PDF). Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). 1: 97–130 – via BazHum.
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