Pińczów County

Pińczów County Powiat pińczowski
County
View from Mount St. Anne in Pińczów
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Pińczów): 50°32′N 20°32′E / 50.533°N 20.533°E / 50.533; 20.533Coordinates: 50°32′N 20°32′E / 50.533°N 20.533°E / 50.533; 20.533
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Świętokrzyskie
Seat	Pińczów
Gminas	hide Total 5 Gmina Działoszyce Gmina Kije Gmina Michałów Gmina Pińczów Gmina Złota
Area
• Total	611.03 km2 (235.92 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	39,100
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Urban	11,681
• Rural	27,419
Car plates	TPI
Website	http://www.pinczow.pl

Pińczów County (Polish: powiat pińczowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-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 largest town is Pińczów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Działoszyce, lying 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Pińczów.

The county covers an area of 611.03 square kilometres (235.9 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 39,100, out of which the population of Pińczów is 10,774, that of Działoszyce is 907, and the rural population is 27,419.^[1]

Neighbouring counties[]

Pińczów County is bordered by Kielce County to the north, Busko County to the east, Kazimierza County to the south, Miechów County to the west and Jędrzejów County to the north-west.

Administrative division[]

The county is subdivided into five gminas (two urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

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