Gliwice County

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gliwice County

| native_name = Powiat gliwicki

| settlement_type = County

| total_type = Total

| image_flag = POL powiat gliwicki flag.svg

| image_shield = POL powiat gliwicki COA.svg

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

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Silesian

| area_total_km2 = 663.35

| 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|archive-date=2021-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715232604/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|url-status=live}}

| population_total = 115571

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 62261

| population_blank1_title = Rural

| population_blank1 = 53310

| coor_pinpoint = Gliwice

| coordinates = {{coord|50|17|N|18|40|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}

| seat = Gliwice

| parts_type = Gminas

| parts = Total 8 (incl. 2 urban)

| p1 = Knurów

| p2 = Pyskowice

| p3 = Gmina Gierałtowice

| p4 = Gmina Pilchowice

| p5 = Gmina Rudziniec

| p6 = Gmina Sośnicowice

| p7 = Gmina Toszek

| p8 = Gmina Wielowieś

| blank_name = Car plates

| blank_info = SGL

| website = http://www.powiatgliwicki.pl/ }}

__NOTOC__

Gliwice County ({{langx|pl|powiat gliwicki}}) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Gliwice, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains four towns: Knurów, {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Gliwice, Pyskowice, {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Gliwice, Toszek, {{convert|22|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of Gliwice, and Sośnicowice, {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Gliwice.

The county covers an area of {{convert|663.35|km2|sqmi|1}}. As of 2019 its total population is 115,571. The most populated towns are Knurów with 38,310 inhabitants and Pyskowice with 18,432 inhabitants.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Gliwice, Gliwice County is also bordered by Tarnowskie Góry County to the north-east, the city of Zabrze to the east, Mikołów County and the city of Ruda Śląska to the south-east, Rybnik County and the city of Rybnik to the south, Racibórz County to the south-west, Kędzierzyn-Koźle County to the west, and Strzelce County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into eight gminas (two urban, two urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

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| style="text-align:center;"|Gmina

| style="text-align:center;"|Type

| style="text-align:center;"|Area
(km2)

| style="text-align:center;"|Population
(2019)

| style="text-align:center;"|Seat

Knurów

|urban

| style="text-align:right;"|34.0

| style="text-align:right;"|38,310

Pyskowice

|urban

| style="text-align:right;"|31.1

| style="text-align:right;"|18,432

Gmina Gierałtowice

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|39.0

| style="text-align:right;"|12,096

|Gierałtowice

Gmina Pilchowice

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|67.5

| style="text-align:right;"|11,945

|Pilchowice

Gmina Rudziniec

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|160.4

| style="text-align:right;"|10,633

|Rudziniec

Gmina Toszek

|urban-rural

| style="text-align:right;"|98.5

| style="text-align:right;"|9,409

|Toszek

Gmina Sośnicowice

|urban-rural

| style="text-align:right;"|116.2

| style="text-align:right;"|8,894

|Sośnicowice

Gmina Wielowieś

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|116.6

| style="text-align:right;"|5,852

|Wielowieś

References

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{{Silesian Voivodeship}}

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