Giżycko County

Giżycko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern . It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms of 1998.
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  • Type: powiat with 56,700 residents
  • Description: powiat of Poland
  • Also known as: “distrikto Gizycko”, “Gizycko ilçesi”, “Gizycko İlçesi”, “Giżycko İlçesi”, “Powiat gizycki”, and “Гижицкий повят”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Giżycko train station and Holy Trinity church in Giżycko.

Railway station
Photo: Ludwig Schneider, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Church
Photo: Lesnydzban, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
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is situated 3½ km northwest of Giżycko County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giżycko and Kożuchy Wielkie.

Town
Photo: Tom Ja, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in northeastern with 27,107 inhabitants as of January 2025. is situated 4 km northwest of Giżycko County.

Village
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is a in the administrative… is situated 3½ km northeast of Giżycko County.

Village
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is a in the administrative district… is situated 3½ km southeast of Giżycko County.

Giżycko County

Latitude
54.0181° or 54° 1′ 5″ north
Longitude
21.8219° or 21° 49′ 19″ east
Population
56,700
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
Open location code
9G632R9C+6Q
Geo­Names ID
7530799
Wiki­data ID
Q117563
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Giżycko County” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Giżycko barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “Гіжыцкі павет”
  • Bulgarian: “Гижишки окръг”
  • Cebuano: “Powiat giżycki”
  • Chinese: “吉日茨科縣”
  • Czech: “Okres Giżycko”
  • Dutch: “Giżycko”
  • Dutch: “Powiat Giżycki”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Giżycko”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Giżycko”
  • Estonian: “Giżycko maakond”
  • Finnish: “Giżyckon piirikunta”
  • French: “Giżycko”
  • French: “Powiat de Giżycko”
  • German: “Kreis Lötzen”
  • German: “Powiat Giżycki”
  • Greek: “Πόβιατ Γκιζίτσκο”
  • Irish: “Contae Giżycko”
  • Italian: “distretto di Giżycko”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Giżycko”
  • Japanese: “ギジツコ郡”
  • Javanese: “Powiat Giżycko”
  • Korean: “기지츠코군”
  • Latvian: “Gižicko apriņķis”
  • Lithuanian: “Lėciaus apskritis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Giżycki Kūn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Giżycko Kūn”
  • Moksha: “Гижицконь повят”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گیژتسکو”
  • Polish: “powiat giżycki”
  • Polish: “Powiat giżycki”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Giżycko”
  • Russian: “Гижицкий повет”
  • Sardinian: “distretto de Giżycko”
  • Slovak: “Powiat giżycki”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قیژتسکو”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Giżycko”
  • Turkish: “Giżycko ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Giżycko”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіжицький повіт”
  • Vietnamese: “Giżycki”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Giżycko”
  • Welsh: “Sir Giżycko”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Grajwo and Kąp.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Jezioro Niegocin and Lake Wojnowo.

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