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County in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Piaseczno County
(
Polish
:
powiat piaseczy?ski
) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat
) in
Masovian Voivodeship
, east-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 largest town is
Piaseczno
, which lies 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of
Warsaw
. The county contains three other towns:
Konstancin-Jeziorna
, 8 km (5 mi) east of Piaseczno,
Gora Kalwaria
, 18 km (11 mi) south-east of Piaseczno, and
Tarczyn
, 16 km (10 mi) south-west of Piaseczno.
The county covers an area of 621.04 square kilometres (239.8 sq mi). As of 2019, its total population is 186,460; out of which, the population of Piaseczno is 48,286, that of Konstancin-Jeziorna is 17,023, that of Gora Kalwaria is 12,040, that of Tarczyn is 4,116, and the rural population is 81,465.
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Neighbouring counties
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Piaseczno County is bordered by the city of
Warsaw
to the north,
Otwock County
to the east,
Grojec County
to the south,
Grodzisk Mazowiecki County
to the west and
Pruszkow County
to the north-west.
Administrative division
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The county is subdivided into six
gminas
(four urban-rural and two rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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