__NOTOC__ Częstochowa County ( pl, powiat częstochowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (

powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...

) in

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian ...

, southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the

Polish local government reforms The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into ''voivodeships'' (provinces); these are further divided into ''powiats'' (counties or districts), and these i ...

passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admi ...

, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Częstochowa County are Blachownia, which lies west of Częstochowa, and

Koniecpol Koniecpol is a town in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,910 inhabitants (2019). In the times of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was the seat of the Koniecpolski magnate The magnate term, from the late Latin ' ...

, east of Częstochowa. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 134,637, out of which the population of Blachownia is 9,545, that of Koniecpol is 5,910, and the rural population is 119,182.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of

, Częstochowa County is also bordered by

Pajęczno County __NOTOC__ Pajęczno County ( pl, powiat pajęczański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...

to the north,

Radomsko County __NOTOC__ Radomsko County ( pl, powiat radomszczański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government r ...

to the north-east,

Włoszczowa County __NOTOC__ Włoszczowa County ( pl, powiat włoszczowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish l ...

to the east,

Zawiercie County __NOTOC__ Zawiercie County ( pl, powiat zawierciański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governmen ...

and

Myszków County __NOTOC__ Myszków County ( pl, powiat myszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ref ...

to the south, Lubliniec County to the west, and Kłobuck County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 16 gminas (two urban-rural and 14 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Administration

Starost (Governor)

Krzysztof Smela Krzysztof Smela (born 23 July 1959, in Stary Broniszew) is a Polish politician and local official. He is a member of the General Council of the Polish People's Party, PSL and the leader of the county PSL structures. From 1994 to 1998 he was a co ...

(

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) - since 9 February 2017

Częstochowa County Council

Majority (coalition):

(green) - 9, KO (orange) - 1, local committees (black) - 7 Opposition: PiS (blue) - 8

References

County Election results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Czestochowa County Land counties of Silesian Voivodeship