Mińsk County in Mazowsze Voivodeship was established on January 1^st 1999 (legal basis:  the ordinance of the Council of Ministers of August, 7^th 1998 on establishement of counties - Dziennik Ustaw No 103, item 652).

The County consists of :

 

1. cities - Mińsk Mazowiecki, Sulejówek;
2. communes - Cegłów, Dębe Wielkie, Dobre, Halinów, Jakubów, Kałuszyn, Latowicz, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Mrozy, Siennica, Stanisławów.

The local structure of the county is specified by the Statute of Mińsk County under the resolution III/15/98 of the Council of Mińsk County from 28 December 1998, with further modifications.

Mińsk County has a coat of arms and a flag established under the resolution XXVII/234/2002 of the Council of Mińsk County from 26 March 2002. The county’s coat of arms is a late-gothic Spanish shield with a rounded base divided in the middle, presenting in the red right-hand part a crownless eagle with a golden band on the wings and golden beak, claws and ring on the tail, in the blue part -  a golden eight-pointed star above a golden crescent.

•  Mińsk County’s coat of arms

 

Mińsk County’s flag is a rectangular sheet of cloth of the ratio of the shorter side (width) to the longer side (length) as in 5:8, consisting of two even bands in parallel arrangement, the first bar (upper) in red, the second (lower) – in blue.

 

The headquarters of the county’s authorities is located in the city of Mińsk Mazowiecki.

 

Local government of Mińsk County:

• County Council
• County Board.

 

In external relations, the County is represented by the Staroste.

Headquarters of county authorities:

STAROSTWO POWIATOWE in Mińsk Mazowiecki

Kościuszki 3

05 - 300 Mińsk Mazowiecki

tel: 25 759-87-00

fax: 25 759-87-02

email: starosta.wm@powiatypolskie.pl

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