Nowy Dwór Gdański County


Nowy Dwór Gdański County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 Nowy Dwór Gdański, which lies south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Krynica Morska, lying north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, on the Vistula Spit.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 35,498, out of which the population of Nowy Dwór Gdański is 9,948, that of Krynica Morska is 1,371, and the rural population is 24,179.
Nowy Dwór Gdański County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Nowy Dwór Gdański County is bordered by the Vistula Lagoon to the east, Elbląg County to the south-east, Malbork County to the south, Gdańsk County and the city of Gdańsk to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also has a short land border with Russia to the north-east, on the Vistula Spit.

Administrative division

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