Węgrów County ( Polish : powiat węgrowski ) 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 Węgrów , which lies 73 kilometres (45 mi) east of Warsaw . The only other town in the county is Łochów , lying 26 km (16 mi) north-west of Węgrów.
4-494: The county covers an area of 1,219.18 square kilometres (470.7 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 66,037, out of which the population of Węgrów is 12,628, that of Łochów is 6,825, and the rural population is 46,584. Węgrów County is bordered by Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the north, Sokołów County to the east, Siedlce County to the south, Mińsk County to the south-west, and Wołomin County and Wyszków County to
8-422: Is 1,941, and the rural population is 48,128. Ostrów County is bordered by Łomża County to the north, Zambrów County to the north-east, Wysokie Mazowieckie County to the east, Sokołów County and Węgrów County to the south, Wyszków County to the south-west, and Ostrołęka County to the north-west. The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and nine rural). These are listed in
12-536: The county being Brok . The county was established on 1 January 1999, and historically existed from 1919 to 1939 in the Białystok Voivodeship , Second Polish Republic , and in 1939, in the Warsaw Voivodeship . The county covers an area of 1,218.06 square kilometres (470.3 sq mi). As of 2019, its total population is 72,558, out of which the population of Ostrów Mazowiecka is 22,489, that of Brok
16-483: The west. The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. Ostr%C3%B3w Mazowiecka County Ostrów County ( Polish : powiat ostrowski ) is a county in Masovian Voivodeship , east-central Poland . Its seat is located in the town of Ostrów Mazowiecka , with the only other town of
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