Augustów County

Augustów County
Powiat augustowski

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Augustów): 53°51′N 22°58′E / 53.850°N 22.967°ECoordinates: 53°51′N 22°58′E / 53.850°N 22.967°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 7 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

• Total

1,658.27 km² (640.26 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

58,966

• Density

36/km² (92/sq mi)

• Urban

32,552

• Rural

26,414

Car plates

BAU

Website

http://www.augustowski.home.pl

Augustów County (Polish: powiat augustowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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 city is Augustów, which lies 83 kilometres (52 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Lipsk, lying 32 km (20 mi) south-east of Augustów.

The county covers an area of 1,658.27 square kilometres (640.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 58,966, out of which the population of Augustów is 30,054, that of Lipsk is 2,498, and the rural population is 26,414.

Neighbouring counties

Augustów County is bordered by Sokółka County to the south-east, Mońki County to the south, Grajewo County and Ełk County to the west, Suwałki County to the north, and Sejny County to the north-east. It also borders Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into seven gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Augustów	urban	80.9	30,054
Gmina Augustów	rural	266.5	6,675	Augustów *
Gmina Bargłów Kościelny	rural	187.6	5,783	Bargłów Kościelny
Gmina Lipsk	urban-rural	184.4	5,660	Lipsk
Gmina Sztabin	rural	361.8	5,449	Sztabin
Gmina Nowinka	rural	203.8	2,790	Nowinka
Gmina Płaska	rural	373.2	2,555	Płaska
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Augustów County

Seat: Augustów (urban gmina)

Urban-rural gmina	Gmina Lipsk

Rural gminas	Gmina Augustów Gmina Bargłów Kościelny Gmina Nowinka Gmina Płaska Gmina Sztabin

Counties of Podlaskie Voivodeship

City counties	Białystok (capital) Łomża Suwałki

Land counties	Augustów Białystok Bielsk Grajewo Hajnówka Kolno Łomża Mońki Sejny Siemiatycze Sokółka Suwałki Wysokie Mazowieckie Zambrów

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