Lębork County
Lębork County
Powiat lęborski | |
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Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Lębork): 54°33′N 17°45′E / 54.550°N 17.750°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| Seat | Lębork |
| Gminas | Total 5 (incl. 2 urban) |
| Area | |
• Total | 706.99 km2 (272.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 66,196 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 38,977 |
| • Rural | 27,219 |
| Car plates | GLE |
| Website | http://www.powiat-lebork.com |
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Lębork County (Kashubian: Lãbòrsczi kréz, Polish: powiat lęborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. 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 Lębork, which lies 61 kilometres (38 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Łeba, lying 29 km (18 mi) north-west of Lębork.
The county covers an area of 706.99 square kilometres (273.0 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 66,196, out of which the population of Lębork is 35,333, that of Łeba is 3,644, and the rural population is 27,219.
Lębork County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Lębork County is bordered by Wejherowo County to the east, Kartuzy County to the south-east, Bytów County to the south and Słupsk County to the west. It also borders the Baltic Sea to the north.