Żywiec County

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Żywiec County

| native_name = Powiat żywiecki

| settlement_type = County

| total_type = Total

| image_flag =

| image_shield = POL powiat żywiecki COA.svg

| image_map = Śląskie żywiecki.png|map_caption=Location within Silesian Voivodeship

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Silesian

| area_total_km2 = 1039.96

| population_as_of = 2019-06-30{{cite web |title=Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June|url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/population-size-and-structure-and-vital-statistics-in-poland-by-territorial-division-in-2019-as-of-30th-june,3,26.html|website=stat.gov.pl|publisher=Statistics Poland|date=2019-10-15|access-date=2020-02-14}}

| population_total = 152877

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 31194

| population_blank1_title = Rural

| population_blank1 = 121683

| coor_pinpoint = Żywiec

| coordinates = {{coord|49|41|21|N|19|12|21|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}

| seat = Żywiec

| parts_type = Gminas

| parts = Total 15 (incl. 1 urban)

| p1 = Żywiec

| p2 = Gmina Czernichów

| p3 = Gmina Gilowice

| p4 = Gmina Jeleśnia

| p5 = Gmina Koszarawa

| p6 = Gmina Łękawica

| p7 = Gmina Lipowa

| p8 = Gmina Łodygowice

| p9 = Gmina Milówka

| p10 = Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz

| p11 = Gmina Rajcza

| p12 = Gmina Ślemień

| p13 = Gmina Świnna

| p14 = Gmina Ujsoły

| p15 = Gmina Węgierska Górka

| blank_name = Car plates

| blank_info = SZY

| website = http://www.starostwo.zywiec.pl/ }}

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Żywiec County ({{langx|pl|powiat żywiecki}}) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Żywiec, which lies {{convert|64|km|mi|0}} south of the regional capital Katowice.

The county covers an area of {{convert|1039.96|km2|sqmi|1}}. As of 2019 its total population is 152,877, out of which the population of Żywiec is 31,194 and the rural population is 121,683.

The county includes part of the protected area known as Żywiec Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Żywiec County is bordered by Cieszyn County to the west, the city of Bielsko-Biała and Bielsko County to the north, Wadowice County to the north-east, and Sucha County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.