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Stargard County ( pl, powiat stargardzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat
A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...
) in
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
. 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
Stargard, which lies east of the regional capital
Szczecin. The county contains four other towns:
Chociwel, north-east of Stargard,
Dobrzany, east of Stargard,
Ińsko, east of Stargard, and
Suchań
Suchań (german: Zachan) is a town in Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Its recorded population is 1,490 (2018).
Suchań is positioned on the Reczek river, a tributary of the Ina which in turn feeds into the River Oder. The ...
, east of Stargard.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 119,402, out of which the population of Stargard is 70,534, that of Chociwel is 3,285, that of Dobrzany is 2,420, that of Ińsko is 2,001, that of Suchań is 1,446, and the rural population is 39,716.
Neighbouring counties
Stargard County is bordered by
Goleniów County to the north,
Łobez County
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Łobez County ( pl, powiat łobeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Łobez, which lies east of the ...
to the north-east,
Drawsko County to the east,
Choszczno County to the south-east,
Myślibórz County and
Pyrzyce County to the south, and
Gryfino County and the city of
Szczecin to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 10
gminas (one urban, four urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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