Tuchola_County

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Tuchola County

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Tuchola County ( ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. 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 Tuchola, which lies The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 47,230, out of which the population of Tuchola is 13,935 and the rural population is 33,295. 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, ?wiecie County to the east, Bydgoszcz County to the south, S?pólno 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.

Gmina	Type	Area (km˛)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Tuchola	urban-rural	239.4	20,076	Tuchola
Gmina Cekcyn	rural	253.3	6,437	Cekcyn
Gmina Lubiewo	rural	162.8	5,717	Lubiewo
Gmina ?liwice	rural	174.8	5,430	?liwice
Gmina Gostycyn	rural	136.2	5,189	Gostycyn
Gmina K?sowo	rural	108.8	4,381	K?sowo

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