Parczew County

Parczew County (Polish: powiat parczewski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Parczew, which lies 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-east of the regional capital Lublin.

The county covers an area of 952.62 square kilometres (367.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 36,512, out of which the population of Parczew is 10,281 and the rural population is 26,231.

[edit] Neighbouring counties

Parczew County is bordered by Biała Podlaska County to the north, Włodawa County to the east, Łęczna County to the south, Lubartów County to the south-west and Radzyń Podlaski County to the north-west.

[edit] Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Parczew	urban-rural	146.2	14,852	Parczew
Gmina Siemień	rural	110.9	4,825	Siemień
Gmina Jabłoń	rural	111.0	4,177	Jabłoń
Gmina Milanów	rural	116.6	4,174	Milanów
Gmina Dębowa Kłoda	rural	188.3	3,991	Dębowa Kłoda
Gmina Sosnowica	rural	172.4	2,645	Sosnowica
Gmina Podedwórze	rural	107.2	1,848	Podedwórze

[edit] References

Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Parczew County

Seat: Parczew Urban-rural gmina: Gmina Parczew Rural gminas: Gmina Dębowa Kłoda • Gmina Jabłoń • Gmina Milanów • Gmina Podedwórze • Gmina Siemień • Gmina Sosnowica

v • d • e 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