Gorlice County

Gorlice County
Powiat gorlicki

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Gorlice): 49°39′N 21°10′E / 49.650°N 21.167°ECoordinates: 49°39′N 21°10′E / 49.650°N 21.167°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 10 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

• Total

967.36 km² (373.50 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

106,540

• Density

110/km² (290/sq mi)

• Urban

36,142

• Rural

70,398

Car plates

KGR

Website

http://www.powiat.gorlice.pl

Gorlice County (Polish: powiat gorlicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Gorlice, which lies 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The only other towns in the county are Biecz, lying 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Gorlice, and Bobowa, 18 km (11 mi) west of Gorlice.

The county covers an area of 967.36 square kilometres (373.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 106,540, out of which the population of Gorlice is 28,539, that of Biecz is 4,585, that of Bobowa is 3,018, and the rural population is 70,398.

Neighbouring counties

Gorlice County is bordered by Nowy Sącz County to the west, Tarnów County to the north and Jasło County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gorlice	urban	23.6	28,539
Gmina Biecz	urban-rural	99.3	16,874	Biecz
Gmina Gorlice	rural	103.4	16,179	Gorlice *
Gmina Bobowa	urban-rural	49.8	9,134	Bobowa
Gmina Łużna	rural	56.2	8,202	Łużna
Gmina Lipinki	rural	66.2	6,807	Lipinki
Gmina Uście Gorlickie	rural	287.4	6,259	Uście Gorlickie
Gmina Ropa	rural	49.1	5,058	Ropa
Gmina Sękowa	rural	194.8	4,777	Sękowa
Gmina Moszczenica	rural	37.6	4,711	Moszczenica
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Gorlice County

Seat: Gorlice (urban gmina)

Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Biecz Gmina Bobowa

Rural gminas	Gmina Gorlice Gmina Lipinki Gmina Łużna Gmina Moszczenica Gmina Ropa Gmina Sękowa Gmina Uście Gorlickie

Counties of Lesser Poland Voivodeship

City counties	Kraków (capital) Nowy Sącz Tarnów

Land counties	Bochnia Brzesko Chrzanów Dąbrowa Gorlice Kraków Limanowa Miechów Myślenice Nowy Sącz Nowy Targ Olkusz Oświęcim Proszowice Sucha Tarnów Tatra Wadowice Wieliczka

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