__NOTOC__ Łuków County ( pl, powiat łukowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (

powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...

) in

Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, C ...

, eastern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the

Polish local government reforms The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into ''voivodeships'' (provinces); these are further divided into ''powiats'' (counties or districts), and these i ...

passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Łuków, which lies north of the regional capital

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. The only other town in the county is Stoczek Łukowski, lying west of Łuków. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 107,144, including 29,885, in Łuków, 2.520in Stoczek Łukowski, and a rural population is 74.739.

Łuków County in the Past

Lukow Land (Polish: ziemia lukowska, Latin: ''Terra Lucoviensis'', ''Districtus Lucoviensis'') or Lukow

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was an administrative unit (

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) of both the

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and the

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. With seat in the town of Lukow, it was located in extreme northeastern corner of

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, and until 1474 belonged to

Sandomierz Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo Sandomierskie, la, Palatinatus Sandomirensis) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Lesser Polan ...

. From 1474 to 1795, Lukow Land was part of

. Its total area was 1928 km². Lukow Land bordered Lesser Polands’

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in the south, Lesser Polands’

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in the southwest,

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n Czersk Land in the west, Mazovian

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in northwest,

Drohiczyn Land Drohiczyn Land ( pl, ziemia drohiczynska, also '), named after the town of Drohiczyn, was an administrative unit (ziemia) of both the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of Podlasie Voivodeship. The history of ...

(part of

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) in the north and Brzesc Litewski County (part of

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) in the east. In early years of Polish statehood, Lukow Land belonged to the Province (Land) of

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, which later became

. In 1474, when Lublin Voivodeship was carved out of Sandomierz Voivodeship, Lukow Land became part of this new administrative unit. Historic town of Lukow was the capital of the land, and the seat of the

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. Currently, there are only four towns in the territory of this former administrative unit. Apart from Lukow, these are Siedlce, Radzyn Podlaski and Kock. Also, the villages of Serokomla,

Tuchowicz Tuchowicz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stanin, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Stanin, west of Łuków, and north of the regional capital Lublin. The ...

and Zbuczyn had town status. After the Partitions of Poland, Lukow Land was annexed by the

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as part of New Galicia (1795). In 1809, it was annexed into the

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, and in 1815 – 1916, it was part of Russian-controlled

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. Due to numerous administrative changes in this corner of historic Lesser Poland lost its ties with the rest of the province, and in the 19th century became called Southern

. In the

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, former Lukow Land belonged to Lublin Voivodeship. Currently, it is divided between Lublin Voivodeship (Lukow) and Mazovian Voivodeship (Siedlce).

Neighbouring counties

Łuków County is bordered by Siedlce County to the north,

Biała Podlaska County Biała (the feminine form of Polish ''biały'' 'white') may refer to: Cities and towns in Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) *Biała, Gmina Trzcianka *Biała, Gmina Wieleń *Biała, Kalisz County *Biała, Konin County Łódź ...

to the east, Radzyń Podlaski County to the south-east,

Lubartów County __NOTOC__ Lubartów County ( pl, powiat lubartowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refo ...

to the south,

Ryki County __NOTOC__ Ryki County ( pl, powiat rycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...

to the south-west and

Garwolin County __NOTOC__ Garwolin County ( pl, powiat garwoliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local governm ...

to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (two urban and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

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