Tuchola County (powiat tucholski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Tuchola, which lies north of Bydgoszcz and north-west of Toruń.

The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 47,230, out of which the population of Tuchola is 13,935 and the rural population is 33,295.

The county contains most of the protected area called Tuchola Landscape Park.

Neighbouring counties

Tuchola County is bordered by Starogard County to the north-east, Świecie County to the east, Bydgoszcz County to the south, Sępólno County to the south-west and Chojnice County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Tuchola	urban-rural	239.4	20,076	Tuchola
Gmina Cekcyn	rural	253.3	6,437	Cekcyn
Gmina Lubiewo	rural	162.8	5,717	Lubiewo
Gmina Śliwice	rural	174.8	5,430	Śliwice
Gmina Gostycyn	rural	136.2	5,189	Gostycyn
Gmina Kęsowo	rural	108.8	4,381	Kęsowo

References

• Polish official population figures 2006