Sucha County
Sucha County
Powiat suski | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Sucha Beskidzka): 49°44′25″N 19°35′19″E / 49.74028°N 19.58861°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| Seat | Sucha Beskidzka |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 685.75 km2 (264.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 82,045 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 20,576 |
| • Rural | 61,469 |
| Car plates | KSU |
| Website | http://www.powiatsuski.pl/engl.htm |
Sucha County (Polish: powiat suski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sucha Beskidzka, which lies 44 kilometres (27 mi) south-west of the voivodeship capital Kraków. The county also contains the towns of Maków Podhalański, lying 7 km (4 mi) east of Sucha Beskidzka, and Jordanów, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Sucha Beskidzka.
The county covers an area of 685.75 square kilometres (264.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 82,045, out of which the population of Sucha Beskidzka is 9,726, that of Maków Podhalański is 5,738, that of Jordanów is 5,112, and the rural population is 61,469.