Cieszyn County

powiat of Poland

Key facts

Country: Poland
Voivodeship: Silesian
Seat: Cieszyn
Gminas: Total 12 (incl. 3 urban) Cieszyn Ustroń Wisła Gmina Brenna Gmina Chybie Gmina Dębowiec Gmina Goleszów Gmina Hażlach Gmina Istebna Gmina Skoczów Gmina Strumień Gmina Zebrzydowice
Starosta: Mieczysław Szczurek
Total: 730.2 km (281.9 sq mi)
Density: 244.0/km (631.9/sq mi)
Urban: 79,821
Rural: 98,324
Car plates: SCI
Website: http://www.powiat.cieszyn.pl/

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Cieszyn County (Polish: powiat cieszyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech and Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.

The county's administrative seat and largest town is Cieszyn, which lies on the Czech border 62 kilometres (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice. The county also contains four other towns: Ustroń, 14 km (9 mi) east of Cieszyn, Skoczów, 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Cieszyn, Wisła, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Cieszyn, and Strumień, 23 km (14 mi) north-east of Cieszyn.