Koà Âcierzyna County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian 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 Koà Âcierzyna, which lies south-west of the regional capital Gdaà Âsk. Its borders equal approximately the borders of the old Marquessate of Berent in the German Empire.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 72,589, out of which the population of Koà Âcierzyna is 23,776, and the rural population is 48,813.
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Koà Âcierzyna County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Koà Âcierzyna County is bordered by Kartuzy County to the north, Gdaà Âsk County and Starogard County to the east, Chojnice County to the south, and Bytów County to the west.
Before the First Partition of the First Polish Republic in 1772, there was a non-town Koà Âcierzyna County Council. During the Prussian partition in 1818âÂÂ1919, the Prussian district "Landkreis Berent" functioned. In the years 1920-1939 (the Second Polish Republic) and 1945-1975 (PRL) there was a Koà Âcierzyna Land District. In the period of September 1939 - February / March 1945, the area of the county was under German occupation.
In 1920, the county granted to Poland covered the area of 117,698 ha and was smaller than its Prussian counterpart of 6,301 ha, which left for the Free City of Gdaà Âsk (villages of CzÃÂstocin, Trzepowo, Gromadzin, Czarna Huta, Borowina, Olszanka, Sucha Huta, and Pawà Âowo).
The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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