Kartuzy County

Kartuzy Country Powiat kartuski
Country
Coat of arms
Division into gminas Division into gminas
Coordinates (Kartuzy):
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
Seat	Kartuzy
Gminas	Total 8 Gmina Chmielno Gmina Kartuzy Gmina Przodkowo Gmina Sierakowice Gmina Somonino Gmina Stężyca Gmina Sulęczyno Gmina Żukowo
Area
• Total	1,120.04 km2 (432.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	109,311
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
• Urban	21,565
• Rural	87,746
Car plates	GKA
Website	http://www.kartuskipowiat.com.pl

Kartuzy County (Kashubian: kartësczi pòwiat, Polish: powiat kartuski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian 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 Kartuzy, which lies 29 kilometres (18 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Żukowo, lying 11 km (7 mi) east of Kartuzy.

The county covers an area of 1,120.04 square kilometres (432.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 109,311, out of which the population of Kartuzy is 15,263, that of Żukowo is 6,302, and the rural population is 87,746.

File:Pomeranian outline svg.svg

Kartuzy

Wejherowo

Puck

Gdynia

Sopot

Gdańsk

Gdańsk

N. Dwór Gd.

Lębork

Słupsk

Słupsk

Tczew

Malbork

Sztum

Kwidzyn

Kościerzyna

Człuchów

Chojnice

Bytów

Starogard
Gdański

Kartuzy County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kartuzy County is bordered by Wejherowo County to the north, the city of Gdynia to the north-east, the city of Gdańsk and Gdańsk County to the east, Kościerzyna County to the south, Bytów County to the west, and Lębork County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Kartuzy	urban-rural	205.3	31,100	Kartuzy
Gmina Żukowo	urban-rural	164.0	25,405	Żukowo
Gmina Sierakowice	rural	182.4	16,570	Sierakowice
Gmina Somonino	rural	112.3	9,214	Somonino
Gmina Stężyca	rural	160.3	8,695	Stężyca
Gmina Przodkowo	rural	85.4	6,950	Przodkowo
Gmina Chmielno	rural	79.2	6,491	Chmielno
Gmina Sulęczyno	rural	131.3	4,886	Sulęczyno

File:Zendzenie kaszebow leba kartuze.jpg

Kashubian jamboree in Łeba in 2005 – banner showing the Kashubian name of Kartuzy County

References

• Polish official population figures 2006