Łódź East County

Łódź East County
Powiat łódzki wschodni
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Łódź): 51°47′N 19°28′E / 51.783°N 19.467°E / 51.783; 19.467
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
SeatŁódź
Gminas
Area
  Total
499.32 km2 (192.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total
64,574
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
  Urban
23,923
  Rural
40,651
Car platesELW
Websitehttp://lodzkiwschodni.pl/

Łódź East County (Polish: powiat łódzki wschodni) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Łódź, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county consists of areas to the east and south of the city, and contains three towns: Koluszki, which lies 24 km (15 mi) east of Łódź, Tuszyn, 20 km (12 mi) south of Łódź, and Rzgów, 14 km (9 mi) south of Łódź.

The county covers an area of 499.32 square kilometres (192.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 64,574, out of which the population of Koluszki is 13,407, that of Tuszyn is 7,178, that of Rzgów is 3,338, and the rural population is 40,651.

Until 2002 the county also included the areas which now form Brzeziny County.