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Bydgoszcz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
) in
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...
, north-central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the
Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Bydgoszcz County are
Solec Kujawski, which lies east of Bydgoszcz, and
Koronowo, north of Bydgoszcz.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 118,041, out of which the population of Solec Kujawski is 15,652, that of Koronowo is 11,162, and the rural population is 91,227.
Politics
Voters elect a unicameral
Bydgoszcz County Council () consisting of a 21-members. The council is elected under proportional representation in free elections for a 4-year term.. Executive body is
county executive board (''zarzÄ…d powiatu'') consists of five members elected by the council. The Board is headed by the
starosta (''Starosta Bydgoski'').
Council districts
Members of the council are elected from five districts, serve four-year terms. Districts does not have the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number and territorial description.
Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
, Bydgoszcz County is also bordered by
Tuchola County to the north,
Åšwiecie County and
Chełmno County to the north-east,
Toruń County
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Toruń County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...
to the east,
Inowrocław County
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Inowrocław County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refor ...
to the south,
Żnin County to the south-west,
Nakło County to the west, and
Sępólno County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
s (two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
Polish official population figures 2019
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Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...