Tomaszów Lubelski County

Tomaszów Lubelski County (Polish: powiat tomaszowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Tomaszów Lubelski, which lies 107 kilometres (66 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin. The only other towns in the county are Tyszowce, lying 28 km (17 mi) north-east of Tomaszów, and Łaszczów, lying 25 km (16 mi) east of Tomaszów.

The county covers an area of 1,487.1 square kilometres (574.2 sq mi). As of 2006, its total population was 88,343, including a population of 20,118 in Tomaszów Lubelski, 2,242 in Tyszowce, and a rural population of 65,983 (including approximately 2,300 for the population of Łaszczów, which became a town in 2010).

Neighbouring counties

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

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 13 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and 10 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Tomaszów Lubelski	urban	13.3	20,118
Gmina Tomaszów Lubelski	rural	170.8	10,886	Tomaszów Lubelski *
Gmina Susiec	rural	190.5	7,822	Susiec
Gmina Lubycza Królewska	rural	208.9	7,115	Lubycza Królewska
Gmina Łaszczów	urban-rural	128.2	6,503	Łaszczów
Gmina Tyszowce	urban-rural	129.5	6,258	Tyszowce
Gmina Rachanie	rural	94.1	5,676	Rachanie
Gmina Ulhówek	rural	146.6	5,203	Ulhówek
Gmina Telatyn	rural	109.7	4,461	Telatyn
Gmina Tarnawatka	rural	82.7	4,050	Tarnawatka
Gmina Krynice	rural	73.6	3,634	Krynice
Gmina Jarczów	rural	107.5	3,618	Jarczów
Gmina Bełżec	rural	33.5	2,999	Bełżec
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Gminas of Tomaszów Lubelski County

Seat: Tomaszów Lubelski (urban gmina)

Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Łaszczów Gmina Tyszowce

Rural gminas	Gmina Bełżec Gmina Jarczów Gmina Krynice Gmina Lubycza Królewska Gmina Rachanie Gmina Susiec Gmina Tarnawatka Gmina Telatyn Gmina Tomaszów Lubelski Gmina Ulhówek

Counties of Lublin Voivodeship

City counties	Lublin (capital) Biała Podlaska Chełm Zamość

Land counties	Biała Podlaska Biłgoraj Chełm Hrubieszów Janów Lubelski Kraśnik Krasnystaw Łęczna Lubartów Lublin Łuków Opole Lubelskie Parczew Puławy Radzyń Podlaski Ryki Świdnik Tomaszów Lubelski Włodawa Zamość

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