Nakło County ( ) is a unit
of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
, north-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
Nakło nad
Notecią
, which lies west of Bydgoszcz
and west of Toruń
.
The county
contains three other towns: Szubin
, lying
south-east of Nakło nad Notecią, Kcynia
, lying
south-west of Nakło nad Notecią, and Mrocza
, north of
Nakło nad Notecią.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is
84,786, out of which the population of Nakło nad Notecią is 19,409,
that of Szubin is 9,326, that of Kcynia is 4,679, that of Mrocza is
4,203, and the rural population is 47,169.
Neighbouring counties
Nakło
County is bordered by Sępólno County
to the north, Bydgoszcz County
to the east, Żnin County
to the south, Wągrowiec County
to the southwest and Piła County
to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into five
gminas
(four urban-rural and one rural). These are listed in the following
table, in descending order of population.
References