Nidzica County
Nidzica County
Powiat nidzicki | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Nidzica): 53°21′30″N 20°25′30″E / 53.35833°N 20.42500°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| Seat | Nidzica |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• total | 960.7 km2 (370.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• total | 33,955 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 14,761 |
| • Rural | 19,194 |
| Car plates | NNI |
| Website | http://www.powiatnidzicki.pl |
Nidzica County (Polish: powiat nidzicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 only town is Nidzica, which lies 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The county covers an area of 960.7 square kilometres (370.9 sq mi). As of 2006, its total population is 33,955, out of which the population of Nidzica is 14,761 and the rural population is 19,194.