Tczew County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Pomeranian 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
Tczew, which lies south of the regional capital
Gdansk. The county also contains the towns of
Pelplin, lying south of Tczew, and
Gniew, south of Tczew. The county is part of the area traditionally inhabited by the
Kociewiacy ethnic group.