Tuchola County

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tuchola County

| native_name = Powiat tucholski

| settlement_type = County

| total_type = Total

| image_skyline =Łyskowo - Gołębnik.jpg

| image_flag = POL powiat tucholski flag.svg

| image_shield = POL powiat tucholski COA.svg

| image_map = Powiat tucholski.png

| map_caption = Location within the voivodeship

|image_map1=Powiat tucholski mapa.png |map_caption1=Division into gminas

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian

| area_total_km2 = 1075.27

| population_total = 48329

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| population_as_of = 2019

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 13621

| population_blank1_title = Rural

| population_blank1 = 34708

| coor_pinpoint = Tuchola

| coordinates = {{coord|53|36|N|17|51|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}

| seat = Tuchola

| parts_type = Gminas

| parts = Total 6

| p1 = Gmina Cekcyn

| p2 = Gmina Gostycyn

| p3 = Gmina Kęsowo

| p4 = Gmina Lubiewo

| p5 = Gmina Śliwice

| p6 = Gmina Tuchola

| blank_name = Car plates

| blank_info = CTU

| website = http://www.powiat.tuchola.pl/ }}

__NOTOC__

Tuchola County ({{langx|pl|powiat tucholski}}) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Tuchola, which lies {{convert|55|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Bydgoszcz and {{convert|81|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of Toruń.

The county covers an area of {{convert|1075.27|km2|sqmi|1}}. As of 2019 its total population is 48,329 out of which the population of Tuchola is 13,621 and the rural population is 34,708.

The county contains most of the protected area called Tuchola Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Tuchola County is bordered by Starogard County to the north-east, Świecie County to the east, Bydgoszcz County to the south, Sępólno County to the south-west and Chojnice County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural and five 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

Gmina Tuchola

|urban-rural

| style="text-align:right;"|239.4

| style="text-align:right;"|20,270

|Tuchola

Gmina Cekcyn

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|253.3

| style="text-align:right;"|6,842

|Cekcyn

Gmina Lubiewo

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|162.8

| style="text-align:right;"|5,995

|Lubiewo

Gmina Śliwice

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|174.8

| style="text-align:right;"|5,580

|Śliwice

Gmina Gostycyn

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|136.2

| style="text-align:right;"|5,166

|Gostycyn

Gmina Kęsowo

|rural

| style="text-align:right;"|108.8

| style="text-align:right;"|4,476

|Kęsowo

References

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