Tarnowskie Góry County
Tarnowskie Góry County
Powiat tarnogórski | |
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Location within the voivodeship | |
Location in Poland | |
| Coordinates (Tarnowskie Góry): 50°27′N 18°52′E / 50.450°N 18.867°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| Seat | Tarnowskie Góry |
| Gminas | |
| Government | |
| • Starosta | Krystyna Kosmala |
| Area | |
• Total | 642.63 km2 (248.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30) | |
• Total | 140,022 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 94,292 |
| • Rural | 45,730 |
| Car plates | STA |
| Website | www |
Tarnowskie Góry County (Polish: powiat tarnogórski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern 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 largest town is Tarnowskie Góry, which lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the regional capital Katowice. The county contains three other towns: Radzionków, 8 km (5 mi) south of Tarnowskie Góry, Kalety, 14 km (9 mi) north of Tarnowskie Góry, and Miasteczko Śląskie, 5 km (3 mi) north-east of Tarnowskie Góry.
The county covers an area of 642.63 square kilometres (248.1 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 140,022, out of which the population of Tarnowskie Góry is 61,422, that of Radzionków is 16,826, that of Kalety is 8,607, that of Miasteczko Śląskie is 7,437, and the rural population is 45,730.