Tarnobrzeg County

Tarnobrzeg County
Powiat tarnobrzeski

County

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Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Tarnobrzeg): 50°35′N 21°41′E / 50.583°N 21.683°ECoordinates: 50°35′N 21°41′E / 50.583°N 21.683°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 4

Area

• Total

520.02 km² (200.78 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

53,730

• Density

100/km² (270/sq mi)

• Urban

12,843

• Rural

40,887

Car plates

RTA

Website

http://www.powiat-tarnobrzeski.qs.pl

Tarnobrzeg County (Polish: powiat tarnobrzeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. 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 Tarnobrzeg, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Tarnobrzeg County are Nowa Dęba, which lies 18 km (11 mi) south of Tarnobrzeg, and Baranów Sandomierski, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Tarnobrzeg.

The county covers an area of 520.02 square kilometres (200.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 53,730, of which the population of Nowa Dęba is 11,390, that of Baranów Sandomierski is 1,453, and the rural population is 40,887.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Tarnobrzeg, Tarnobrzeg County is also bordered by Sandomierz County to the north, Stalowa Wola County to the east, Kolbuszowa County and Mielec County to the south, and Staszów County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Nowa Dęba	urban-rural	142.5	18,422	Nowa Dęba
Gmina Gorzyce	rural	69.4	13,628	Gorzyce
Gmina Baranów Sandomierski	urban-rural	121.9	11,977	Baranów Sandomierski
Gmina Grębów	rural	186.3	9,703	Grębów

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Tarnobrzeg County

Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Baranów Sandomierski Gmina Nowa Dęba

Rural gminas	Gmina Gorzyce Gmina Grębów

Seat (not part of the county)	Tarnobrzeg

Counties of Podkarpackie Voivodeship

City counties	Rzeszów (capital) Krosno Przemyśl Tarnobrzeg

Land counties	Bieszczady Brzozów Dębica Jarosław Jasło Kolbuszowa Krosno Łańcut Lesko Leżajsk Lubaczów Mielec Nisko Przemyśl Przeworsk Ropczyce-Sędziszów Rzeszów Sanok Stalowa Wola Strzyżów Tarnobrzeg

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