Sochaczew County
Sochaczew County
Powiat sochaczewski | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Sochaczew): 52°13′45″N 20°14′19″E / 52.22917°N 20.23861°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| Seat | Sochaczew |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 731.02 km2 (282.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 85,024 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 36,327 |
| • Rural | 48,697 |
| Car plates | WSC |
| Website | http://www.starostwo-soch.home.pl |
Sochaczew County (Polish: powiat sochaczewski) 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 government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Sochaczew, which lies 52 kilometres (32 mi) west of Warsaw.
The county covers an area of 731.02 square kilometres (282.2 sq mi). As of 2019, the county's total population is 85,024, out of which the population of Sochaczew is 36,327, and the rural population is 48,697.