Piła County


Piła County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-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 Piła, which lies north of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains four other towns: Wyrzysk, east of Piła, Ujście, south of Piła, Łobżenica, east of Piła, and Wysoka, east of Piła.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 137,099, out of which the population of Piła is 75,044, that of Wyrzysk is 5,234, that of Ujście is 3,899, that of Łobżenica is 3,172, that of Wysoka is 2,750, and the rural population is 47,000.

Neighbouring counties

Piła County is bordered by Złotów County to the north, Sępólno County and Nakło County to the east, Wągrowiec County to the south-east, Chodzież County and Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the south, and Wałcz 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.
GminaTypeArea
Population
Seat
Piłaurban102.775,044
Gmina Wyrzyskurban-rural160.814,132Wyrzysk
Gmina Łobżenicaurban-rural190.79,853Łobżenica
Gmina Ujścieurban-rural126.08,009Ujście
Gmina Szydłoworural267.57,594Szydłowo
Gmina Kaczoryrural150.07,526Kaczory
Gmina Wysokaurban-rural123.06,890Wysoka
Gmina Białośliwierural75.74,847Białośliwie
Gmina Miasteczko Krajeńskierural70.73,204Miasteczko Krajeńskie