Area of the commune: 63,480 ha, of the village: 62,476 ha.
The area of the commune in terms of land classification:
  • arable land: 18,076 ha - 25.5% of the commune area
  • forests and forest lands: 28,648 ha - 45.1% of the commune area
  • waters: 12,586 ha - 19.8% of the commune area
Struktura własności użytków rolnych:
  • grounds of the treasury - 5,298 ha
  • municipal grounds - 462 ha
  • private persons grounds - 11,472 ha
  • grounds of farmer's co-operatives - 248 ha
  • other - 74 ha
Agricultural production:
  • plant production:
    mainly corns, potatoes, and fodder;
  • animal production:
    mainly production of milk, livestock of beef and swine
Hunting: game state in 1993:
  • elk - 25,
  • red deer - 589,
  • roe deer - 744,
  • wild boar - 190
Area of some of the lakes in the commune:
  • Nidzkie - 186 ha in the commune of Pisz (total of 1802,06 ha)
  • Roś - 1956 ha
  • Kociołek - 307 ha
  • Białoławka - 272 ha
  • Brzozolasek - 195,49 ha
  • Wiartel - 152,77 ha
  • Pogobie Duże - 674,43 ha
  • Jagodzin Mały - 49,52 ha
  • Śniardwy - 7158 ha (total of 10.524,43 ha)
Number of the villages in the commune: 58 (including 40 village councils)
Number of farms: 658
Average size of a farm: 18.5 ha
Number of residents: 27.787 (including 19.740 in town)
  • women 13.920
  • men 13.867
Number of residents:
  • in pre-productive age - 34,5%
  • in the productive age - 56,7 %
  • in post-productive age - 8,8 %
Density of population:
  • the town 1915 people/km2
  • the country 12 people/km2
Main companies:
  • Piskie Zakłady Przemysłu Sklejek (Pisz Plywood Industry Plant - 910 employees)
  • private company HOLZWERK (wood industry - 448 employees)
  • Nadleśnictwo Pisz (Forestry Management of Pisz - 91 employees)
  • Banks (PKO, PBK, BS - two branches)
  • Brickyard
Number of companies:
  • state-owned - 50
  • private - 1000
Educational, research, culture, and sports institutions:
  • 4 primary schools in town and 12 in the country
  • 2 secondary schools
  • 3 high schools (General Education School Complex, School Complex No 1, Vocational School Complex with the school workshops)
  • State Primary Music School
  • 3 kindergartens run by the commune
  • a kindergarten run by the Missionary Sisters Congregation
  • Hydrobiological Station of the Biology Faculty of the Warsaw University, Pilchy 5
  • Public Library
  • Culture Centre in Pisz
  • Village Centre of Culture and Recreation in Wiartl
  • Museum if the Pisz Land
  • Public Music Centre
  • Sports and Recreation Centre (covered swimming pool, stadium)
Number of unemployed: 3,271 people (end of 1999).
 

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