Wyszków County

Wyszków County Powiat wyszkowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Wyszków): 52°35′36″N 21°27′36″E / 52.59333°N 21.46000°E / 52.59333; 21.46000Coordinates: 52°35′36″N 21°27′36″E / 52.59333°N 21.46000°E / 52.59333; 21.46000
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
Seat	Wyszków
Gminas	show Total 6 Gmina Brańszczyk Gmina Długosiodło Gmina Rząśnik Gmina Somianka Gmina Wyszków Gmina Zabrodzie
Area
• Total	876.49 km2 (338.41 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	74,094
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
• Urban	26,905
• Rural	47,189
Car plates	WWY
Website	http://www.powiat-wyszkowski.pl/

Wyszków County (Polish: powiat wyszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It originally existed from 1956 until the abolition of the powiats in 1975, but was re-created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998, which reintroduced the powiats and created 16 large voivodeships. The administrative seat and only town in the county is Wyszków, which lies 53 kilometres (33 mi) north-east of Warsaw.

The county covers an area of 876.49 square kilometres (338.4 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 74,094, out of which the population of Wyszków is 26,905, and the rural population is 47,189.^[1]

Neighbouring counties[]

Wyszków County is bordered by Ostrołęka County to the north, Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the north-east, Węgrów County to the east, Wołomin County to the south, Legionowo County and Pułtusk County to the west, and Maków County to the north-west.

Administrative division[]

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

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