Malbork County


Malbork County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 Malbork, south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Nowy Staw, lying north of Malbork. Until 2002, the county also included the areas which now make up Sztum County.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006, its total population is 62,960, out of which the population of Malbork is 38,478, of the urban-rural gmina of Nowy Staw is 4,447, and of the rural gminas is 20,035.
Malbork County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Malbork County is bordered by Nowy Dwór Gdański County to the north, Elbląg County to the east, Sztum County to the south, Tczew County to the west and Gdańsk County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas :