Mińsk County
Mińsk County
Powiat miński | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Mińsk Mazowiecki): 52°11′N 21°34′E / 52.183°N 21.567°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| Seat | Mińsk Mazowiecki |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,164.35 km2 (449.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 150,480 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 67,240 |
| • Rural | 82,638 |
| Car plates | WM |
| Website | http://www.powiatminski.pl |
Mińsk County (Polish: powiat miński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was (re)created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Mińsk Mazowiecki, which lies 39 kilometres (24 mi) east of Warsaw. The county contains three other towns: Sulejówek, 21 km (13 mi) west of Mińsk Mazowiecki, Halinów, 16 km (10 mi) west of Mińsk Mazowiecki, and Kałuszyn, 17 km (11 mi) east of Mińsk Mazowiecki.
The county covers an area of 1,164.35 square kilometres (449.6 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 150,480, out of which the population of Mińsk Mazowiecki is 40,836, that of Sulejówek is 19,766, that of Halinów is 3,739, that of Kałuszyn is 2,899, and the rural population is 82,638.