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Sztum County ( pl, powiat sztumski) 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
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province ( Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; (Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The ...
, northern
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 ...
. Its administrative seat and largest town is
Sztum, which lies south-east of the regional capital
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
. The only other town in the county is
Dzierzgoń, lying east of Sztum.
The county was created, as a result of local pressure, in 2002. The area had been part of
Malbork County.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 41,476, out of which the population of Sztum is 9,940, that of Dzierzgoń is 5,364, and the rural population is 26,172.
''Sztum County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship''
Sztum County is bordered by
Malbork County to the north,
Elbląg County
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to the north-east,
Ostróda County to the east,
Iława County to the south-east,
Kwidzyn County to the south and
Tczew County
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Tczew County ( pl, powiat tczewski, csb, Dërszewo kréj) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish ...
to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into five
gminas (two urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
See also
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LGBT ideology-free zone
References
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