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Tomaszów County ( pl, powiat tomaszowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Lublin Voivodeship, eastern
Poland, on the border with
Ukraine. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is
Tomaszów Lubelski, which lies south-east of the regional capital
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...
. The only other towns in the county are
Tyszowce, lying north-east of Tomaszów, and
Łaszczów
Łaszczów (; uk, Лащів) is a town in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It was re-established as a town on 1 January 2010, having previously had town status between 1549 and 1870. It is the seat of the gmina ...
, lying east of Tomaszów.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population was 80,701, including a population of 19,050 in Tomaszów Lubelski, 2,112 in Tyszowce, 2,139 in Łaszczów, and a rural population of 57,400.
Neighbouring counties
Tomaszów County is bordered by
Lubaczów County to the south-west,
Biłgoraj County to the west,
Zamość County
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Zamość County ( pl, powiat zamojski) 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 ...
to the north and
Hrubieszów County
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Hrubieszów County ( pl, powiat hrubieszowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of ...
to the north-east. It also borders
Ukraine to the south-east.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 13
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
s (one urban, two urban-rural and 10 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
See also
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Battle of Tomaszow Lubelski
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References
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Land counties of Lublin Voivodeship