Gorlice County

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Gorlice County
Powiat gorlicki

— County —

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Gorlice): 49°39′N 21°10′E / 49.65, 21.167

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 10 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

- Total

967.36 km² (373.5 sq mi)

Population (2006)

- Total

106,540

- Density

110.1/km² (285.2/sq mi)

- Urban

33,124

- Rural

73,416

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 January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 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 town in the county is Biecz, lying 12 km (7 mi) north-east 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, and the rural population is 73,416.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and eight 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	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

[edit] References

Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Gminas of Gorlice County

Seat: Gorlice (urban gmina) Urban-rural gmina: Gmina Biecz Rural gminas: Gmina Bobowa • Gmina Gorlice • Gmina Lipinki • Gmina Łużna • Gmina Moszczenica • Gmina Ropa • Gmina Sękowa • Gmina Uście Gorlickie

v • d • e 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