Administrative Division
West Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 21 counties (powiats): 3 city counties and 18 land counties. These are further divided into 114 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
| English and Polish names |
Area |
Population |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Szczecin | 301 | 410,809 | 1 | ||
| Koszalin | 84 | 107,783 | 1 | ||
| Świnoujście | 197 | 40,899 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Stargard County powiat stargardzki |
1,520 | 119,402 | Stargard Szczeciński | Chociwel, Dobrzany, Ińsko, Suchań | 10 |
| Gryfino County powiat gryfiński |
1,870 | 82,813 | Gryfino | Chojna, Mieszkowice, Trzcińsko-Zdrój, Cedynia, Moryń | 9 |
| Goleniów County powiat goleniowski |
1,617 | 78,738 | Goleniów | Nowogard, Maszewo | 6 |
| Szczecinek County powiat szczecinecki |
1,765 | 77,232 | Szczecinek | Borne Sulinowo, Barwice, Biały Bór | 6 |
| Kołobrzeg County powiat kołobrzeski |
726 | 76,089 | Kołobrzeg | Gościno | 7 |
| Myślibórz County powiat myśliborski |
1,182 | 67,412 | Myślibórz | Barlinek, Dębno | 5 |
| Police County powiat policki |
664 | 64,147 | Police | Nowe Warpno | 4 |
| Koszalin County powiat koszaliński |
1,669 | 64,087 | Koszalin * | Sianów, Bobolice, Polanów | 8 |
| Gryfice County powiat gryficki |
1,018 | 60,773 | Gryfice | Trzebiatów, Płoty | 6 |
| Drawsko County powiat drawski |
1,764 | 58,073 | Drawsko Pomorskie | Złocieniec, Czaplinek, Kalisz Pomorski | 6 |
| Sławno County powiat sławieński |
1,044 | 57,643 | Sławno | Darłowo | 6 |
| Wałcz County powiat wałecki |
1,415 | 54,639 | Wałcz | Mirosławiec, Człopa, Tuczno | 5 |
| Choszczno County powiat choszczeński |
1,328 | 50,066 | Choszczno | Recz, Pełczyce, Drawno | 6 |
| Świdwin County powiat świdwiński |
1,093 | 48,920 | Świdwin | Połczyn-Zdrój | 6 |
| Białogard County powiat białogardzki |
845 | 48,241 | Białogard | Karlino, Tychowo | 4 |
| Kamień County powiat kamieński |
1,007 | 47,604 | Kamień Pomorski | Międzyzdroje, Wolin, Dziwnów, Golczewo | 6 |
| Pyrzyce County powiat pyrzycki |
726 | 39,931 | Pyrzyce | Lipiany | 6 |
| Łobez County powiat łobeski |
1,066 | 38,232 | Łobez | Resko, Węgorzyno, Dobra | 5 |
| NOTE: * seat not part of the county | |||||
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