Działdowo County


Działdowo County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Działdowo, which lies south of the regional capital Olsztyn. The only other town in the county is Lidzbark, lying west of Działdowo.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 65,110, out of which the population of Działdowo is 20,824, that of Lidzbark is 8,261, and the rural population is 36,025.

Neighbouring counties

Działdowo County is bordered by Ostróda County to the north, Nidzica County to the north-east, Mława County to the south-east, Żuromin County to the south-west, Brodnica County and Nowe Miasto County to the west, and Iława County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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