Nowy Sącz County
County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nowy Sącz County (Polish: powiat nowosądecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Nowy Sącz, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains five towns: Krynica-Zdrój, 31 km (19 mi) south-east of Nowy Sącz, Stary Sącz, 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Nowy Sącz, Grybów, 19 km (12 mi) east of Nowy Sącz, Piwniczna-Zdrój, 21 km (13 mi) south of Nowy Sącz, and Muszyna, 33 km (21 mi) south-east of Nowy Sącz.
Nowy Sącz County
Powiat nowosądecki | |
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Coordinates (Nowy Sącz): 49°37′26″N 20°41′50″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
Seat | Nowy Sącz |
Gminas | |
Area | |
• Total | 1,550.24 km2 (598.55 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 197,718 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
• Urban | 36,952 |
• Rural | 160,766 |
Car plates | KNS |
Website | http://www.sacz.pl |
The county covers an area of 1,550.24 square kilometres (598.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 197,718, out of which the population of Krynica-Zdrój is 11,243, that of Stary Sącz is 8,987, that of Grybów is 6,025, that of Piwniczna-Zdrój is 5,717, that of Muszyna is 4,980, and the rural population is 160,766.