Radziejów County

Radziejów County
Powiat radziejowski

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Radziejów): 52°38′N 18°31′E / 52.633°N 18.517°ECoordinates: 52°38′N 18°31′E / 52.633°N 18.517°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 7 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

• Total

607 km² (234 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

42,289

• Density

70/km² (180/sq mi)

• Urban

10,265

• Rural

32,024

Car plates

CRA

Website

http://www.radziejow.pl

Radziejów County (Polish: powiat radziejowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-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 Radziejów, which lies 45 km (28 mi) south of Toruń and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Bydgoszcz. The only other town in the county is Piotrków Kujawski, lying 10 km (6 mi) south of Radziejów.

The county covers an area of 607 square kilometres (234.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 42,289, out of which the population of Radziejów is 5,756, that of Piotrków Kujawski is 4,509, and the rural population is 32,024.

Neighbouring counties

Radziejów County is bordered by Aleksandrów County to the north, Włocławek County to the east, Koło County and Konin County to the south, and Inowrocław County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Piotrków Kujawski	urban-rural	138.6	9,646	Piotrków Kujawski
Gmina Osięciny	rural	123.0	8,142	Osięciny
Radziejów	urban	5.7	5,756
Gmina Dobre	rural	70.8	5,505	Dobre
Gmina Topólka	rural	102.9	5,048	Topólka
Gmina Radziejów	rural	92.6	4,402	Radziejów *
Gmina Bytoń	rural	73.4	3,790	Bytoń
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Radziejów County

Seat	Radziejów (urban gmina)

Urban-rural gmina	Gmina Piotrków Kujawski

Rural gminas	Gmina Bytoń Gmina Dobre Gmina Osięciny Gmina Radziejów Gmina Topólka

Counties of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties	Bydgoszcz (governor's seat) Toruń (assembly seat) Grudziądz Włocławek

Land counties	Aleksandrów Brodnica Bydgoszcz Chełmno Golub-Dobrzyń Grudziądz Inowrocław Lipno Mogilno Nakło Radziejów Rypin Sępólno Świecie Toruń Tuchola Wąbrzeźno Włocławek Żnin

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