Sochaczew County
Sochaczew County
Powiat sochaczewski | |
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Coat of arms of Sochaczew County Coat of arms | |
| Location within the voivodeship Location within the voivodeship | |
| Division into gminas Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Sochaczew): Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| Seat | Sochaczew |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 731.02 km2 (282.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 85,024 |
| • Density | 116.31/km2 (301.24/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 36,327 |
| • Rural | 48,697 |
| Car plates | WSC |
| Website | http://www.starostwo-soch.home.pl |
Sochaczew County (Polish: powiat sochaczewski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-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 only town is Sochaczew, which lies 52 kilometres (32 mi) west of Warsaw.
The county covers an area of 731.02 square kilometres (282.2 sq mi). As of 2019, the county's total population is 85,024, out of which the population of Sochaczew is 36,327, and the rural population is 48,697.[1]
Neighbouring counties
[edit | edit source]Sochaczew County is bordered by Płońsk County to the north, Nowy Dwór County to the north-east, Warsaw West County and Grodzisk Mazowiecki County to the east, Żyrardów County to the south-east, Skierniewice County to the south, Łowicz County to the south-west, Gostynin County to the west, and Płock County to the north-west.
Administrative division
[edit | edit source]The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
| Sochaczew | urban | 26.1 | 36,327 | |
| Gmina Teresin | rural | 88.0 | 11,511 | Teresin |
| Gmina Sochaczew | rural | 91.4 | 10,944 | Sochaczew * |
| Gmina Nowa Sucha | rural | 90.3 | 6,670 | Nowa Sucha |
| Gmina Iłów | rural | 128.5 | 6,168 | Iłów |
| Gmina Młodzieszyn | rural | 117.1 | 5,557 | Młodzieszyn |
| Gmina Brochów | rural | 116.8 | 4,379 | Brochów |
| Gmina Rybno | rural | 72.8 | 3,468 | Rybno |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
References
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