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Kartuzy County (; ) is a county in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with administrative seat and largest town being Kartuzy.
It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The only other town in the county is Żukowo. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 137,942, out of which the population of Kartuzy is 14,536, that of Żukowo is 6,691, and the rural population is 116,715.
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Kartuzy County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kartuzy County is bordered by Wejherowo County to the north, the city of Gdynia to the north-east, the city of Gdańsk and Gdańsk County to the east, Kościerzyna County to the south, Bytów County to the west, and Lębork County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight gminas (two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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|-bgcolor="F0F8FF"
| style="text-align:center;"|Gmina
| style="text-align:center;"|Type
| style="text-align:center;"|Area<br><small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Population<br><small>(2019)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|Seat
|-
|Gmina Żukowo
|urban-rural
| style="text-align:right;"|164.0
| style="text-align:right;"|39,899
|Żukowo
|-
|Gmina Kartuzy
|urban-rural
| style="text-align:right;"|205.3
| style="text-align:right;"|33,914
|Kartuzy
|-
|Gmina Sierakowice
|rural
| style="text-align:right;"|182.4
| style="text-align:right;"|19,940
|Sierakowice
|-
|Gmina Somonino
|rural
| style="text-align:right;"|112.3
| style="text-align:right;"|10,771
|Somonino
|-
|Gmina Stężyca
|rural
| style="text-align:right;"|160.3
| style="text-align:right;"|10,575
|Stężyca
|-
|Gmina Przodkowo
|rural
| style="text-align:right;"|85.4
| style="text-align:right;"|9,556
|Przodkowo
|-
|Gmina Chmielno
|rural
| style="text-align:right;"|79.2
| style="text-align:right;"|7,767
|Chmielno
|-
|Gmina Sulęczyno
|rural
| style="text-align:right;"|131.3
| style="text-align:right;"|5,520
|Sulęczyno
|-
|}
thumb|Kashubian jamboree in [[Łeba in 2005 – banner showing the Kashubian name of Kartuzy County]]
thumb|left|220px|The embroidery of Zukowo school of Kashubian embroidery
References
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