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Pisz County ( ) 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 largest town is Pisz, which lies 88 km (54.7 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county contains three other towns: Orzysz, 24 km (14.9 mi) north-east of Pisz, Ruciane-Nida, 17 km (10.6 mi) west of Pisz, and Biała Piska, 18 km (11.2 mi) east of Pisz. The county covers an area of 1776.17 km2 (685.8 sqmi). As of 2006 its total population is 57,553, out of which the population of Pisz is 19,332, that of Orzysz is 5,804, that of Ruciane-Nida is 4,894, that of Biała Piska is 4,006, and the rural population is 23,517. |