Maków County


Maków County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 Maków Mazowiecki, which lies north of Warsaw. The only other town in the county is Różan, lying east of Maków Mazowiecki.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 46,474, out of which the population of Maków Mazowiecki is 9,880, that of Różan is 2,661, and the rural population is 33,933.

Neighbouring counties

Maków County is bordered by Ostrołęka County to the north-east, Wyszków County to the south-east, Pułtusk County to the south, Ciechanów County to the west and Przasnysz County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.