Piła County
Piła County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater [Poland Voivodeship], west-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 largest town is Piła, which lies north of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains four other towns: Wyrzysk, east of Piła, Ujście, south of Piła, Łobżenica, east of Piła, and Wysoka, east of Piła.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 137,099, out of which Piła is home to 75,044 people, Wyrzysk to 5,234, Ujście to 3,899, Łobżenica to 3,172, Wysoka to 2,750, and the rural population is 47,000.
Neighbouring counties
Piła County is bordered by Złotów County to the north, Sępólno County and Nakło County to the east, Wągrowiec County to the south-east, Chodzież County and Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the south, and Wałcz County to the north-west.Administrative division
The county is subdivided into nine gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.| Gmina | Type | Area | Population | Seat |
| Piła | urban | 102.7 | 75,044 | |
| Gmina Wyrzysk | urban-rural | 160.8 | 14,132 | Wyrzysk |
| Gmina Łobżenica | urban-rural | 190.7 | 9,853 | Łobżenica |
| Gmina Ujście | urban-rural | 126.0 | 8,009 | Ujście |
| Szydłowo, [Greater Poland">Szydłowo, Piła County">Szydłowo, [Greater Poland Voivodeship|Gmina Szydłowo] | rural | 267.5 | 7,594 | Szydłowo |
| Gmina Kaczory | rural | 150.0 | 7,526 | Kaczory |
| Gmina Wysoka | urban-rural | 123.0 | 6,890 | Wysoka |
| Gmina Białośliwie | rural | 75.7 | 4,847 | Białośliwie |
| Gmina Miasteczko Krajeńskie | urban-rural | 70.7 | 3,204 | Miasteczko Krajeńskie |