Lubaczów County

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Lubaczów County
Powiat lubaczowski
POL powiat lubaczowski flag.svg
POL powiat lubaczowski COA.svg
PPA podkarpackie lubaczowski.svg
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates(Lubaczów): 50°10′N23°7′E / 50.167°N 23.117°E / 50.167; 23.117
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship POL wojewodztwo podkarpackie flag.svg Subcarpathian
Seat Lubaczów
Gminas
Area
  Total1,308.37 km2 (505.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total55,438
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
   Urban
18,976
  Rural
36,462
Car plates RLU
Website https://powiatlubaczowski.pl/

Lubaczów County (Polish : powiat lubaczowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. 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 Lubaczów, which lies 81 kilometres (50 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The county contains three other towns: Oleszyce, 7 km (4 mi) west of Lubaczów, Narol, 26 km (16 mi) north-east of Lubaczów, and Cieszanów, 12 km (7 mi) north of Lubaczów.

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The county covers an area of 1,308.37 square kilometres (505.2 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 55,438, out of which the population of Lubaczów is 12,018, that of Oleszyce is 2,974, that of Narol is 2,071, that of Cieszanów is 1,913, and the rural population is 36,462. [1]

Neighbouring counties

Lubaczów County is bordered by Jarosław County and Przeworsk County to the west, Biłgoraj County to the north, and Tomaszów Lubelski County to the north-east. It also borders Ukraine to the east.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Lubaczów urban26.012,018 
Gmina Lubaczów rural202.99,182 Lubaczów *
Gmina Narol urban-rural203.68,040 Narol
Gmina Cieszanów urban-rural219.47,168 Cieszanów
Gmina Oleszyce urban-rural151.86,332 Oleszyce
Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój rural202.84,695 Horyniec-Zdrój
Gmina Stary Dzików rural155.84,193 Stary Dzików
Gmina Wielkie Oczy rural146.53,810 Wielkie Oczy
* seat not part of the gmina

Rural landscape picture

Stary Dzikow kosciol.JPG
Gorajec cerkiew 2.JPG
Horyniec kosciol zdrojowy.JPG
Radruz cerkiew Mikolaja.JPG
Cerkiew w Szczutkowie.JPG
Prusie cerkiew.JPG
Horyniec palac.JPG
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Stare Oleszyce cerkiew 1.jpg

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