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Garwolin County ( pl, powiat garwoliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Masovian Voivodeship, east-central
Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is
Garwolin, which lies south-east of
Warsaw. The county contains three other towns:
Łaskarzew
Łaskarzew is a town in Garwolin County ( from Garwolin), Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,948 inhabitants (2004). It is located on the Promnik river, which is a tributary of the Vistula, near the ''Garwolin Forests'', on the border of histo ...
, south of Garwolin,
Pilawa
Pilawa is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), 59 km southeast of Warsaw. Previously it was situated in Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998).
Transport
Pilawa is an important railway junctio ...
, north-west of Garwolin, and
Żelechów, south-east of Garwolin.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 104,917, out of which the population of Garwolin is 17,501, that of Łaskarzew is 4,840, that of Pilawa is 4,578, that of Żelechów is 3,988, and the rural population is 74,010.
Neighbouring counties
Garwolin County is bordered by
Mińsk County to the north,
Siedlce County to the north-east,
Łuków County to the east,
Ryki County to the south-east,
Kozienice County to the south,
Grójec County to the west and
Otwock County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 14
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
s (two urban, two urban-rural and 10 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
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