Lipno County

Lipno County Powiat lipnowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Seat	Lipno
Gminas	Total 9 (incl. 1 urban) Lipno Gmina Bobrowniki Gmina Chrostkowo Gmina Dobrzyń nad Wisłą Gmina Kikół Gmina Lipno Gmina Skępe Gmina Tłuchowo Gmina Wielgie
Area
• Total	1,015.6 km2 (392.1 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	66,216
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Urban	20,545
• Rural	45,671
Car plates	CLI
Website	http://www.lipnowski.powiat.pl/

Lipno County (Template:Lang-pl) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Lipno, which lies 43 km (27 mi) south-east of Toruń and 84 km (52 mi) east of Bydgoszcz. The county also contains the towns of Skępe, lying 13 km (8 mi) east of Lipno, and Dobrzyń nad Wisłą, 26 km (16 mi) south-east of Lipno.

The county covers an area of 1,015.6 square kilometres (392.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 66,216, out of which the population of Lipno is 14,834, that of Skępe is 3,442, that of Dobrzyń nad Wisłą is 2,269, and the rural population is 45,671.

Neighbouring counties

Lipno County is bordered by Golub-Dobrzyń County to the north, Rypin County to the north-east, Sierpc County to the east, Płock County to the south-east, the city of Włocławek and Włocławek County to the south, and Aleksandrów County and Toruń County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Lipno	urban	11.0	14,834
Gmina Lipno	rural	209.7	11,337	Lipno *
Gmina Dobrzyń nad Wisłą	urban-rural	115.4	7,943	Dobrzyń nad Wisłą
Gmina Skępe	urban-rural	179.2	7,503	Skępe
Gmina Kikół	rural	98.2	7,223	Kikół
Gmina Wielgie	rural	133.8	6,588	Wielgie
Gmina Tłuchowo	rural	98.7	4,634	Tłuchowo
Gmina Chrostkowo	rural	74.1	3,110	Chrostkowo
Gmina Bobrowniki	rural	95.6	3,044	Bobrowniki
* seat not part of the gmina

References

• Polish official population figures 2006