Sanok County

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Sanok County
Powiat sanocki

— County —

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Sanok): 49°33′N 22°13′E / 49.55, 22.217

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 8 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

- Total

1,225.12 km² (473 sq mi)

Population (2006)

- Total

94,740

- Density

77.3/km² (200.3/sq mi)

- Urban

44,471

- Rural

50,269

Car plates

RSA

Website: http://www.powiat-sanok.pl

Sanok County (Polish: powiat sanocki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern 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 Sanok, which lies 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów. The only other town in the county is Zagórz, lying 6 km (4 mi) south-east of Sanok.

The county covers an area of 1,225.12 square kilometres (473.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 94,740, out of which the population of Sanok is 39,481, that of Zagórz is 4,990, and the rural population is 50,269.

[edit] Neighbouring counties

Sanok County is bordered by Krosno County to the west, Brzozów County to the north, Przemyśl County to the north-east and Lesko County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

[edit] Administrative division

The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban, 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
Sanok	urban	38.2	39,481
Gmina Sanok	rural	231.4	16,802	Sanok *
Gmina Zagórz	urban-rural	160.1	12,725	Zagórz
Gmina Zarszyn	rural	106.0	9,225	Zarszyn
Gmina Bukowsko	rural	138.2	5,210	Bukowsko
Gmina Komańcza	rural	455.2	5,116	Komańcza
Gmina Besko	rural	27.6	4,242	Besko
Gmina Tyrawa Wołoska	rural	68.6	1,939	Tyrawa Wołoska
* seat not part of the gmina

[edit] Food

About 60% of the land surface of County is given over to agricultural use. However, very little of this is arable land; the vast majority consists of permanent grass pasture or rough grazing for herd animals such as sheep and cows. Although both beef and dairy cattle are raised widely, especially in Odrzechowa, County is more well-known for its sheep farming, and thus lamb is the meat traditionally associated with Polish cooking.

Main articles: Gołąbki, Pancake, Pierogi, Hash browns, Wiener schnitzel, Lecsó, Baked Beans Bretonne, and Goulash

[edit] Literature

Prof. Adam Fastnacht. Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Średniowieczu (Historic-Geographic Dictionary of the Sanok District in the Middle Ages), Kraków, 2002, ISBN 83-88385-14-3.

[edit] References

Polish official population figures 2006

[edit] Rural landscape picture

v • d • e Gminas of Sanok County

Seat: Sanok (urban gmina) Urban-rural gmina: Gmina Zagórz Rural gminas: Gmina Besko • Gmina Bukowsko • Gmina Komańcza • Gmina Sanok • Gmina Tyrawa Wołoska • Gmina Zarszyn

v • d • e Counties of Subcarpathian 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