Nidzica County
Nidzica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Nidzica, which lies south of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006, its total population is 33,955, out of which the population of Nidzica is 14,761 and the rural population is 19,194.
Population
The county's population has stagnated and remained the same for the past four decades, never surpassing the 35,300 mark.
Historical population
In 1825, Nidzica County had 29,617 inhabitants, including by mother tongue: 27,467 Polish and 2,149 German.
Nidzica County is bordered by Olsztyn County to the north, Szczytno County to the east, Przasnysz County to the south-east, Mława County to the south, Działdowo County to the south-west and Ostróda County to the north-west.
The county is subdivided into four gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.