Tomaszów Mazowiecki County

Not to be confused with Tomaszów Lubelski County, which has the same name in Polish.

Tomaszów Mazowiecki County
Powiat tomaszowski

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Tomaszów Mazowiecki): 51°31′N 20°1′E / 51.517°N 20.017°ECoordinates: 51°31′N 20°1′E / 51.517°N 20.017°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 11 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

• Total

1,025.7 km² (396.0 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

120,973

• Density

120/km² (310/sq mi)

• Urban

66,705

• Rural

54,268

Car plates

ETM

Website

http://www.powiat-tomaszowski.pl

Tomaszów Mazowiecki County (Polish: powiat tomaszowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, 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 only town is Tomaszów Mazowiecki, which lies 49 kilometres (30 mi) south-east of the regional capital Łódź.

The county covers an area of 1,025.7 square kilometres (396.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 120,973, out of which the population of Tomaszów Mazowiecki is 66,705 and the rural population is 54,268.

Neighbouring counties

Tomaszów Mazowiecki County is bordered by Brzeziny County, Skierniewice County and Rawa County to the north, Grójec County and Przysucha County to the east, Opoczno County to the south-east, Piotrków County to the west, and Łódź East County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (one urban and 10 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Tomaszów Mazowiecki	urban	41.3	66,705
Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki	rural	151.3	9,826	Tomaszów Mazowiecki *
Gmina Ujazd	rural	97.0	7,747	Ujazd
Gmina Lubochnia	rural	131.6	7,600	Lubochnia
Gmina Rokiciny	rural	90.5	5,925	Rokiciny
Gmina Czerniewice	rural	127.7	5,113	Czerniewice
Gmina Rzeczyca	rural	108.3	4,971	Rzeczyca
Gmina Inowłódz	rural	98.0	3,879	Inowłódz
Gmina Będków	rural	57.9	3,520	Będków
Gmina Żelechlinek	rural	92.0	3,470	Żelechlinek
Gmina Budziszewice	rural	30.1	2,217	Budziszewice
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Tomaszów Mazowiecki County

Seat	Tomaszów Mazowiecki (urban gmina)

Rural gminas	Gmina Będków Gmina Budziszewice Gmina Czerniewice Gmina Inowłódz Gmina Lubochnia Gmina Rokiciny Gmina Rzeczyca Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki Gmina Ujazd Gmina Żelechlinek

Counties of Łódź Voivodeship

City counties	Łódź (capital) Piotrków Trybunalski Skierniewice

Land counties	Bełchatów Brzeziny Kutno Łask Łęczyca Łódź East Łowicz Opoczno Pabianice Pajęczno Piotrków Poddębice Radomsko Rawa Sieradz Skierniewice Tomaszów Mazowiecki Wieluń Wieruszów Zduńska Wola Zgierz

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