Ostrów County ( pl, powiat ostrowski) is a

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in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Ostrów Mazowiecka Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town in eastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Ostrołęka Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County. History Ostr ...

, with the only other town of the county being Brok. The county was established on 1 January 1999, and historically existed from 1919 to 1939 in the Białystok Voivodeship,

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, and in 1939, in the Warsaw Voivodeship. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 72,558, out of which the population of Ostrów Mazowiecka is 22,489, that of Brok is 1,941, and the rural population is 48,128.

Neighbouring counties

Ostrów County is bordered by Łomża County to the north, Zambrów County to the north-east,

Wysokie Mazowieckie County __NOTOC__ Wysokie Mazowieckie County ( pl, powiat wysokomazowiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...

to the east, Sokołów County and Węgrów County to the south, Wyszków County to the south-west, and

Ostrołęka County __NOTOC__ Ostrołęka County ( pl, powiat ostrołęcki) 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 gover ...

to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11

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s (one urban, one urban-rural and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrow Mazowiecka County Land counties of Masovian Voivodeship States and territories established in 1919 States and territories established in 1999 States and territories disestablished in 1939