Bytów County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern 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 Bytów, which lies west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Miastko, lying west of Bytów.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 79,260, out of which the population of Bytów is 16,918, that of Miastko is 10,439, and the rural population is 51,903.
Bytów County is bordered by Słupsk County to the north, Lębork County to the north-east, Kartuzy County and Kościerzyna County to the east, Chojnice County and Człuchów County to the south, and Szczecinek County and Koszalin County to the west.
Local Government District head
Leszek Pałasz (1998-2001) Andrzej Hrycyna p.o. (2001-2002) Michał Świątek-Brzeziński (2002-2006) Roman Zaborowski (2006-2007) Jacek Żmuda-Trzebiatowski (2007-2015) Leszek Waszkiewicz (from 2015)
Vice district head
Andrzej Hrycyna (1998-2002) Tomasz Borowski (2002-2006) Krzysztof Sławski (2006-2010) Andrzej Marcinkowski (2010-2014) Zbigniew Batko (from 2014)
Chairman of the county council
Mieczysław Bachórz (1998-2002) Jerzy Jobczyk (2002-2006) Andrzej Hrycyna (from 2006)
Administrative divisions The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (two urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina Type Area(km2) Population(2019) SeatGmina Bytówurban-rural197.425,457BytówGmina Miastkourban-rural466.819,558MiastkoGmina Czarna Dąbrówkarural298.35,923Czarna DąbrówkaGmina Lipnicarural309.65,227LipnicaGmina Tuchomierural106.54,266TuchomieGmina Kołczygłowyrural173.34,255KołczygłowyGmina Parchoworural130.93,778ParchowoGmina Studzienicerural176.03,742StudzieniceGmina Trzebielinorural225.53,715TrzebielinoGmina Borzytuchomrural108.63,339Borzytuchom
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