Jasło County

Jasło County Powiat jasielski
County
Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Jasło): 49°44′52″N 21°28′17″E / 49.74778°N 21.47139°E / 49.74778; 21.47139Coordinates: 49°44′52″N 21°28′17″E / 49.74778°N 21.47139°E / 49.74778; 21.47139
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
Seat	Jasło
Gminas	Total 10 (incl. 1 urban) Jasło Gmina Brzyska Gmina Dębowiec Gmina Jasło Gmina Kołaczyce Gmina Krempna Gmina Nowy Żmigród Gmina Osiek Jasielski Gmina Skołyszyn Gmina Tarnowiec
Area
• Total	830.41 km2 (320.62 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	115,128
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
• Urban	37,768
• Rural	77,360
Car plates	RJS
Website	http://www.powiat.jaslo.pl

Jasło County (Polish: powiat jasielski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is Jasło, which lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. The only other town in the county is Kołaczyce, which is 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Jasło.

The county covers an area of 830.41 square kilometres (320.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population was 115,128, out of which the population of Jasło was 37,768, and the rural population was 77,360 (including approximately 1,400 for the population of Kołaczyce, which became a town in 2010).

Neighbouring counties

Jasło County is bordered by Gorlice County to the west, Tarnów County to the north-west, Dębica County to the north, Strzyżów County to the north-east and Krosno County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

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.

References

• Polish official population figures 2006