Skierniewice County

Skierniewice County
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Skierniewice County
Powiat skierniewicki

— County —

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates(Skierniewice): 51°57′10″N 20°8′30″E / 51.95278, 20.14167

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 9

Area

- Total

756.12 km² (291.9 sq mi)

Population (2006)

- Total

37,779

- Density

50/km² (129.4/sq mi)

Car plates

ESK

Website: http://www.powiat.skierniewice.pl

Skierniewice County (Polish: powiat skierniewicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Skierniewice, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). In fact there are no towns within the county.

The county covers an area of 756.12 square kilometres (291.9 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 37,779.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Skierniewice, Skierniewice County is also bordered by Sochaczew County to the north, Żyrardów County to the east, Rawa County and Tomaszów Mazowiecki County to the south, Brzeziny County to the west, and Łowicz County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Skierniewice	rural	131.7	6,736	Skierniewice *
Gmina Głuchów	rural	111.3	6,001	Głuchów
Gmina Maków	rural	83.0	5,996	Maków
Gmina Bolimów	rural	112.2	4,026	Bolimów
Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie	rural	42.7	3,323	Lipce Reymontowskie
Gmina Nowy Kawęczyn	rural	104.4	3,295	Nowy Kawęczyn
Gmina Kowiesy	rural	85.6	3,035	Kowiesy
Gmina Godzianów	rural	44.1	2,709	Godzianów
Gmina Słupia	rural	41.2	2,658	Słupia
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Skierniewice County

Rural gminas: Gmina Bolimów • Gmina Głuchów • Gmina Godzianów • Gmina Kowiesy • Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie • Gmina Maków • Gmina Nowy Kawęczyn • Gmina Skierniewice • Gmina Słupia Seat (not part of the county): Skierniewice

v • d • e Counties of Łódź Voivodeship

City counties	Łódź (capital) • Piotrków Trybunalski • Skierniewice

Land counties	Bełchatów • Brzeziny • Kutno • Łask • Łęczyca • Łódź East • Łowicz • Opoczno • Pabianice • Pajęczno • Piotrków • Poddębice • Radomsko • Rawa • Sieradz • Skierniewice • Tomaszów Mazowiecki • Wieluń • Wieruszów • Zduńska Wola • Zgierz

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