Rypin County

Rypin County (Polish: powiat rypiński) 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 Rypin, which lies 56 km (35 mi) east of Toruń and 98 km (61 mi) east of Bydgoszcz.

The county covers an area of 587.08 square kilometres (226.7 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 44,306, out of which the population of Rypin is 16,565 and the rural population is 27,741.

Neighbouring counties

Rypin County is bordered by Brodnica County to the north, Żuromin County to the east, Sierpc County to the south-east, Lipno County to the south-west and Golub-Dobrzyń County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Rypin	urban	11.0	16,565
Gmina Rypin	rural	131.9	7,423	Rypin *
Gmina Skrwilno	rural	124.4	6,109	Skrwilno
Gmina Brzuze	rural	86.3	5,368	Brzuze
Gmina Rogowo	rural	139.8	4,677	Rogowo
Gmina Wąpielsk	rural	93.8	4,164	Wąpielsk
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Rypin County

Seat	Rypin (urban gmina)

Rural gminas	Gmina Brzuze Gmina Rogowo Gmina Rypin Gmina Skrwilno Gmina Wąpielsk

Counties of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties	Bydgoszcz (governor's seat) Toruń (assembly seat) Grudziądz Włocławek

Land counties	Aleksandrów Brodnica Bydgoszcz Chełmno Golub-Dobrzyń Grudziądz Inowrocław Lipno Mogilno Nakło Radziejów Rypin Sępólno Świecie Toruń Tuchola Wąbrzeźno Włocławek Żnin

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