Ostrołęka County


Ostrołęka 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 is the city of Ostrołęka, although the city is not part of the county. The only town in Ostrołęka County is Myszyniec, which lies north of Ostrołęka.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 84,344, out of which the population of Myszyniec is 3,014 and the rural population is 81,330.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Ostrołęka, Ostrołęka County is also bordered by Pisz County and Kolno County to the north, Łomża County to the east, Ostrów Mazowiecka County to the south-east, Wyszków County to the south, Maków County to the south-west, Przasnysz County to the west, and Szczytno County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.