Gołdap County

Gołdap County
Powiat gołdapski
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Gołdap): 54°18′58″N 22°18′34″E / 54.31611°N 22.30944°E / 54.31611; 22.30944
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
SeatGołdap
Gminas
Area
  Total
771.93 km2 (298.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total
26,825
  Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
  Urban
13,716
  Rural
13,109
Car platesNGO
Websitehttps://powiatgoldap.pl/

Gołdap County (Polish: powiat gołdapski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. Its administrative seat and only town is Gołdap, which lies 133 kilometres (83 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

When powiats were re-introduced in the Polish local government reforms of 1999, the present Gołdap and Olecko Counties made up a single entity (called powiat olecko-gołdapski or Olecko-Gołdap County). This was divided into two in 2002.

The county covers an area of 771.93 square kilometres (298.0 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 26,825, out of which the population of Gołdap is 13,716 and the rural population is 13,109.