__NOTOC__ Wejherowo County (, ) 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 Wejherowo, which lies north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county also contains the towns of Rumia, lying east of Wejherowo, and Reda, east of Wejherowo. Rumia, Reda and Wejherowo are contiguous, and are referred to as the Kashubian Tricity, an allusion to the larger Tricity area centred on Gdańsk.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 216,764, out of which the population of Wejherowo is 49,652, that of Rumia is 49,160, that of Reda is 26,011, and the rural population is 91,941.
Wejherowo County is bordered by Puck County to the north-east, the city of Gdynia to the east, Kartuzy County to the south and Lębork County to the west. It also borders the Baltic Sea to the north.
Location According to data from January 1, 2012, the county's area was .
The neighboring counties are: Kartuzy County, Lębork County, Puck County and city with county rights Gdynia.
Administrative divisions The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (three urban and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina Type Area(km2) Population(2019) SeatWejherowourban25.749,652 Rumiaurban32.949,160 Gmina Wejheroworural194.126,129Wejherowo *Redaurban29.526,011 Gmina Luzinorural111.916,391LuzinoGmina Szemudrural176.618,074SzemudGmina Łęczycerural232.812,024ŁęczyceGmina Gniewinorural176.27,437GniewinoGmina Liniarural119.86,389LiniaGmina Choczeworural183.25,497Choczewo* seat not part of the gmina
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