Szczytno County

Szczytno County (Polish: powiat szczycieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Szczytno, which lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The only other town in the county is Pasym, lying 18 km (11 mi) north-west of Szczytno.[1]

Szczytno County Powiat szczycieński
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Szczytno): 53°33′46″N 20°59′7″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
Seat	Szczytno
Gminas	Total 8 (incl. 1 urban) Szczytno Gmina Dźwierzuty Gmina Jedwabno Gmina Pasym Gmina Rozogi Gmina Świętajno Gmina Szczytno Gmina Wielbark
Area
• Total	1,933.1 km^2 (746.4 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	69,289
• Density	36/km^2 (93/sq mi)
• Urban	28,230
• Rural	41,059
Car plates	NSZ
Website	http://www.powiat.szczytno.pl

The county covers an area of 1,933.1 square kilometres (746.4 sq mi).[2] As of 2006 its total population is 69,289, out of which the population of Szczytno is 25,680, that of Pasym is 2,550, and the rural population is 41,059.[3]

Neighbouring counties

Szczytno County is bordered by Mrągowo County to the north, Pisz County to the east, Ostrołęka County to the south-east, Przasnysz County to the south, Nidzica County to the west and Olsztyn County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Szczytno	urban	10.0	25,680
Gmina Szczytno	rural	347.3	10,454	Szczytno *
Gmina Dźwierzuty	rural	263.4	6,631	Dźwierzuty
Gmina Wielbark	urban-rural	347.9	6,257	Wielbark
Gmina Świętajno	rural	279.8	5,879	Świętajno
Gmina Rozogi	rural	224.0	5,643	Rozogi
Gmina Pasym	urban-rural	149.4	5,184	Pasym
Gmina Jedwabno	rural	311.5	3,561	Jedwabno
* seat not part of the gmina

Historical population

In 1825 Szczytno County (Kreis Ortelsburg) had 38028 inhabitants, including by mother tongue: 34928 (~92%) Polish and 3100 (~8%) German.[4][5][6]

References

1. Odległości między miastami (Distances between towns)
2. GIOS (Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection) Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
3. Polish official population figures 2006
4. von Haxthausen, August (1839). Die ländliche verfassung in den einzelnen provinzen der Preussischen Monarchie (in German). Königsberg: Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 78–81.
5. Belzyt, Leszek (1996). "Zur Frage des nationalen Bewußtseins der Masuren im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (auf der Basis statistischer Angaben)". Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung (in German). Bd. 45, Nr. 1: 35–71 – via zfo-online.
6. Jasiński, Grzegorz (2009). "Statystyki językowe powiatów mazurskich z pierwszej połowy XIX wieku (do 1862 roku)" (PDF). Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). 1: 97–130 – via BazHum.