Krosno County
Krosno County
Powiat krośnieński | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within the voivodeship | |
| Coordinates (Krosno): 49°41′N 21°45′E / 49.683°N 21.750°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Subcarpathian |
| Seat | Krosno |
| Gminas | Total 10 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 923.79 km2 (356.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 112,301 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13,409 |
| • Rural | 98,892 |
| Car plates | RKR |
| Website | http://www.powiat.krosno.pl/ |
Krosno County (Polish: powiat krośnieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Krosno, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains four towns: Jedlicze, Rymanów, Dukla, and Iwonicz-Zdrój.
The county covers an area of 923.79 square kilometres (356.7 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 112,301, out of which the population of Jedlicze is 5,736, that of Rymanów is 3,825, that of Dukla is 2,061, that of Iwonicz-Zdrój is 1,787, and the rural population is 98,892.[1]
Neighbouring counties
[edit]Apart from the city of Krosno, Krosno County is bordered by Jasło County to the west, Strzyżów County to the north, and Brzozów County and Sanok County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.
Administrative division
[edit]The county is subdivided into ten gminas (four urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. (There were previously only nine gminas; Gmina Jaśliska was separated from Gmina Dukla as of January 1, 2010.)
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gmina Rymanów | urban-rural | 165.0 | 15,915 | Rymanów |
| Gmina Jedlicze | urban-rural | 58.2 | 15,422 | Jedlicze |
| Gmina Dukla | urban-rural | 235.1 | 14,610 | Dukla |
| Gmina Miejsce Piastowe | rural | 51.5 | 13,666 | Miejsce Piastowe |
| Gmina Chorkówka | rural | 77.8 | 13,458 | Chorkówka |
| Gmina Korczyna | rural | 92.1 | 11,192 | Korczyna |
| Gmina Iwonicz-Zdrój | urban-rural | 45.5 | 10,877 | Iwonicz-Zdrój |
| Gmina Wojaszówka | rural | 83.4 | 9,313 | Wojaszówka |
| Gmina Krościenko Wyżne | rural | 16.3 | 5,641 | Krościenko Wyżne |
| Gmina Jaśliska | rural | 164,5 | 2,207 | Jaśliska |
Government
[edit]In the Sejm and Senate, the county is part of the Krosno constituency and Senate constituency no. 57 respectively.
References
[edit]- ^ GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
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