Pińczów County

Pińczów County (Polish: powiat pińczowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. 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 Pińczów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Działoszyce, lying 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Pińczów.

Pińczów County Powiat pińczowski
County
View from Mount St. Anne in Pińczów
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Pińczów): 50°32′N 20°32′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Świętokrzyskie
Seat	Pińczów
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Działoszyce Gmina Kije Gmina Michałów Gmina Pińczów Gmina Złota
Area
• Total	611.03 km^2 (235.92 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	39,100
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
• Urban	11,681
• Rural	27,419
Car plates	TPI
Website	http://www.pinczow.pl

The county covers an area of 611.03 square kilometres (235.9 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 39,100, out of which the population of Pińczów is 10,774, that of Działoszyce is 907, and the rural population is 27,419.[1]

Neighbouring counties

Pińczów County is bordered by Kielce County to the north, Busko County to the east, Kazimierza County to the south, Miechów County to the west and Jędrzejów County to the north-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.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2019)	Seat
Gmina Pińczów	urban-rural	212.8	20,744	Pińczów
Gmina Działoszyce	urban-rural	105.5	4,950	Działoszyce
Gmina Michałów	rural	112.2	4,578	Michałów
Gmina Złota	rural	81.7	4,444	Złota
Gmina Kije	rural	99.3	4,384	Kije

References

1. GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial divison in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-14.