title: Nowe Miasto County
text: # Nowe Miasto County
  
  Nowe Miasto County (Polish: powiat nowomiejski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 only town is Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, which lies 73 kilometres (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.
  
  The county covers an area of 695.01 square kilometres (268.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 43,388, out of which the population of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is 11,036 and the rural population is 32,352.
  
  ## Neighbouring counties
  
  Nowe Miasto County is bordered by Iława County to the north, Działdowo County to the east, Brodnica County to the south and Grudziądz County to the west.
  
  ## Administrative division
  
  The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
  
  | Gmina | Type | Area $(km^2)$ | Population (2006) | Seat |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nowe Miasto Lubawskie | urban | 11.6 | 11,036 | |
  | Gmina Biskupiec | rural | 241.3 | 9,652 | Biskupiec |
  | Gmina Kurzętnik | rural | 149.9 | 8,646 | Kurzętnik |
  | Gmina Nowe Miasto Lubawskie | rural | 138.0 | 7,859 | Mszanowo |
  | Gmina Grodziczno | rural | 154.3 | 6,195 | Grodziczno |
  