Gołdap County
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gołdap County
| native_name = Powiat gołdapski
| settlement_type = County
| total_type = Total
| image_flag = POL powiat gołdapski flag.svg
| image_shield = POL powiat gołdapski COA.svg
| image_map = Goldap County Warmia Masuria.png
| map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
| image_map1 = goldapski.png
| map_caption1 = Division into gminas
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian
| area_total_km2 = 771.93
| population_total = 26,825
| population_as_of = 2019
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 13716
| population_blank1_title = Rural
| population_blank1 = 13109
| coor_pinpoint = Gołdap
| coordinates = {{coord|54|18|58|N|22|18|34|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}
| seat = Gołdap
| parts_type = Gminas
| parts = Total 3
| p1 = Gmina Banie Mazurskie
| p2 = Gmina Dubeninki
| p3 = Gmina Gołdap
| blank_name = Car plates
| blank_info = NGO
| website = https://powiatgoldap.pl/
| official_name =
}}
__NOTOC__
Gołdap County ({{langx|pl|powiat gołdapski}}) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. Its administrative seat and only town is Gołdap, which lies {{convert|133|km|mi|0}} north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
When powiats were re-introduced in the Polish local government reforms of 1999, the present Gołdap and Olecko Counties made up a single entity (called powiat olecko-gołdapski or Olecko-Gołdap County). This was divided into two in 2002.
The county covers an area of {{convert|771.93|km2|sqmi|1}}. As of 2019 its total population is 26,825, out of which the population of Gołdap is 13,716 and the rural population is 13,109.{{Cite web|last=GUS|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|access-date=2020-09-14|website=stat.gov.pl|language=en}}
Neighbouring counties
Gołdap County is bordered by Suwałki County to the east, Olecko County to the south, Giżycko County to the south-west and Węgorzewo County to the west. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the north.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into three gminas (one urban-rural and two 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 | style="text-align:center;"|Population | style="text-align:center;"|Seat |
Gmina Gołdap
|urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|361.7 | style="text-align:right;"|20,186 |
Gmina Banie Mazurskie
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|205.0 | style="text-align:right;"|3,707 |
Gmina Dubeninki
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|205.2 | style="text-align:right;"|2,932 |
References
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{{Gołdap County}}
{{Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship}}
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