Sokołów County Powiat sokołowski | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Sokołów Podlaski):52°24′24″N22°14′47″E / 52.40667°N 22.24639°E /52.40667; 22.24639 | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| Seat | Sokołów Podlaski |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,131.42 km2 (436.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 53,992 |
| • Density | 47.721/km2 (123.60/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21,035 |
| • Rural | 32,957 |
| Car plates | WSK |
| Website | http://www.powiat-sokolowski.pl |
Sokołów County (Polish:powiat sokołowski) is apowiat (a unit of territorial administration and local government in Poland) inMasovian Voivodeship, east-centralPoland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of thePolish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town isSokołów Podlaski, which lies 88 kilometres (55 mi) east ofWarsaw. The only other town in the county isKosów Lacki, lying 23 km (14 mi) north of Sokołów Podlaski.
The county covers an area of 1,131.42 square kilometres (436.84 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 53,992, out of which the population of Sokołów Podlaski is 18,946, that of Kosów Lacki is 2,089, and the rural population is 32,957.[1]
Sokołów County is bordered byOstrów Mazowiecka County andWysokie Mazowieckie County to the north,Siemiatycze County to the east,Siedlce County to the south, andWęgrów County to the west.
The county is subdivided into ninegminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
| Sokołów Podlaski | urban | 17.5 | 18,946 | |
| Gmina Sokołów Podlaski | rural | 137.2 | 5,987 | Sokołów Podlaski * |
| Gmina Kosów Lacki | urban-rural | 200.2 | 5,970 | Kosów Lacki |
| Gmina Repki | rural | 168.8 | 5,212 | Repki |
| Gmina Jabłonna Lacka | rural | 149.4 | 4,460 | Jabłonna Lacka |
| Gmina Sterdyń | rural | 130.0 | 3,921 | Sterdyń |
| Gmina Sabnie | rural | 107.9 | 3,667 | Sabnie |
| Gmina Bielany | rural | 109.6 | 3,628 | Bielany |
| Gmina Ceranów | rural | 110.8 | 2,201 | Ceranów |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||