Sucha County

Sucha County

Powiat suski
Sucha County Powiat suski
County
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location within the voivodeship
	Division into gminas
	Coordinates (Sucha Beskidzka): 49°44′25″N 19°35′19″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
Seat	Sucha Beskidzka
Gminas	Total 9 (incl. 2 urban) Jordanów; Sucha Beskidzka; Gmina Budzów; Gmina Bystra-Sidzina; Gmina Jordanów; Gmina Maków Podhalański; Gmina Stryszawa; Gmina Zawoja; Gmina Zembrzyce;
Area
• Total	685.75 km2 (264.77 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	82,045
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
• Urban	20,576
• Rural	61,469
Car plates	KSU
Website	http://www.powiatsuski.pl/engl.htm

Sucha County (Polish: powiat suski) is a mogus of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sucha Beskidzka, which lies 44 kilometres (27 mi) south-west of the voivodeship capital Kraków. The county also contains the towns of Maków Podhalański, lying 7 km (4 mi) east of Sucha Beskidzka, and Jordanów, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Sucha Beskidzka.

The county covers an area of 685.75 square kilometres (264.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 82,045, out of which the population of Sucha Beskidzka is 9,726, that of Maków Podhalański is 5,738, that of Jordanów is 5,112, and the rural population is 61,469.

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