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Lubartów County
__NOTOC__ Lubartów County () 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 in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Lubartów, which lies north of the regional capital Lublin. The county also contains the towns of Kock, lying north-west of Lubartów, and Ostrów Lubelski, east of Lubartów. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 88,591, out of which the population of Lubartów is 21,948, that of Kock is 3,293, that of Ostrów Lubelski is 2,078, and the rural population is 61,272. Neighbouring counties Lubartów County is bordered by Łuków County and Radzyń Podlaski County to the north, Parczew County to the north-east, Łęczna County to the south-east, Lublin County to the south, and Puławy County and Ryki County to the west. Administrative division The county is subd ...
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Powiat
A ''powiat'' (; ) is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (Local administrative unit, LAU-1 [formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-4]) in other countries. The term "''powiat''" is most often translated into English as "county" or "district" (sometimes "poviat"). In historical contexts, this may be confusing because the Polish term ''hrabstwo'' (an administrative unit administered/owned by a ''hrabia'' (count) is also literally translated as "county". A ''powiat'' is part of a larger unit, the Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (Polish language, Polish ''województwo'') or province. A ''powiat'' is usually subdivided into ''gminas'' (in English, often referred to as "Commune (administrative division), communes" or "municipality, municipalities"). Major towns and cities, however, function as separate counties in their own right, without subdivision into ''gmina''s. They ...
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Polish Car Number Plates
Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate. Law According to Polish law, the registration plate is tied to the vehicle, not the owner. There is no possibility for the owner to keep the licence number for use on a different car, even if it's a cherished registration. The licence plates are issued by the powiat (county) of the vehicle owner's registered address of residence, in the case of a natural person. If it is owned by a legal person, the place of registration is determined by the person's address. Vehicles leased under operating leases and many de facto finance leases will be registered at the address of the lessor. When a vehicle changes hands, the new owner must apply for new vehicle registration document bearing their name and registered address. The new owner may obtain a new licence plate although it is not necessary. In such a situation the licence plates are usually carried over to the new owne ...
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Ryki County
__NOTOC__ Ryki County () 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 in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Ryki, which lies north-west of the regional capital Lublin. The only other town in the county is Dęblin, lying south-west of Ryki. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 59,919, including a population of 16,026 in Dęblin, 9,625 in Ryki, and a rural population of 30,268. Neighbouring counties Ryki County is bordered by Łuków County to the north-east, Lubartów County to the east, Puławy County to the south, Kozienice County to the west and Garwolin County to the north-west. Administrative division The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. References < ...
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Puławy County
__NOTOC__ Puławy County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was first established in 1867, but its current borders were established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Puławy, which lies north-west of the regional capital Lublin. The county also contains the towns of Nałęczów, lying south-east of Puławy, and Kazimierz Dolny, south of Puławy. The county covers an area of . In 2019, its total population was 113,441, including 47,634 in Puławy, 3,749 in Nałęczów, 2,563 in Kazimierz Dolny and a rural population of 59,495. Neighbouring counties Puławy County is bordered by Ryki County to the north, Lubartów County and Lublin County to the east, Opole Lubelskie County to the south, Zwoleń County to the west, and Kozienice County to the north-west. Administrative division The county is subdivided ...
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Lublin County
Lublin County () 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 in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Lublin, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Lublin County are Bełżyce, which lies west of Lublin, and Bychawa, south of Lublin. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 154,760, out of which the population of Bełżyce is 6,504, that of Bychawa is 4,893, and the rural population is 143,363. Neighbouring counties Apart from the city of Lublin, Lublin County is also bordered by Lubartów County to the north, Łęczna County, Świdnik County and Krasnystaw County to the east, Biłgoraj County and Janów Lubelski County to the south, Kraśnik County to the south-west, and Opole Lubelskie County and Puławy County to th ...
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Łęczna County
__NOTOC__ Łęczna County () 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 in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Łęczna, which lies east of the regional capital Lublin. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 57,372, out of which the population of Łęczna is 18,884 and the rural population is 38,488. Neighbouring counties Łęczna County is bordered by Parczew County to the north, Włodawa County and Chełm County to the east, Świdnik County to the south-west, Lublin County to the west, and Lubartów County to the north-west. Administrative division The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. Popular culture The county is a featured locale in the Codemasters The Codem ...
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Parczew County
__NOTOC__ Parczew County () 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 in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Parczew, which lies north-east of the regional capital Lublin. The county covers an area of . As of 2006, its total population is 34,809, including 10,602 in Parczew and a rural population of 24,207. 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. 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. References {{Lublin Voivodeship Parczew Parczew is a town in eastern Poland, with a pop ...
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Radzyń Podlaski County
Radzyń may refer to : * Radzyń County, Lublin Voivodeship, a county in eastern Poland * Radzyń Podlaski, Lublin Voivodeship, a town in eastern Poland *Radzyń Chełmiński, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, a town in north central Poland * Radzyń, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in central Poland * Radzyń, Lubusz Voivodeship, a village in western Poland *Lords of Radzyn Keep The ''Dragon Prince'' and ''Dragon Star'' trilogies comprise six connected fantasy novels written by Melanie Rawn. The ''Dragon Prince'' trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the ''Dragon Star'' tri ...
, characters in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novels of the Dragon Prince series including Chay, Tobin, Maarken, etc. {{disambig, geo ...
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Łuków County
__NOTOC__ Łuków County () 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 in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Łuków, which lies north of the regional capital Lublin. 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 łukowska'', Latin: ''Terra Lucoviensis'', ''Districtus Lucoviensis'') or Lukow powiat, County was an administrative unit (ziemia) of both the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. With seat in the town of Lukow, it was located in extreme northeastern corner of Lesser Poland, and until 1474 ...
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Ostrów Lubelski
Ostrów Lubelski is a town in Gmina Ostrów Lubelski in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship in Poland. Geography Within the territory of the town and Gmina, commune there are three lakes: Miejskie Lake, Kleszczów Lake and Czarne Lake. The Gmina, commune is a typically agricultural area. It is constituted by 1,009 farms and 167 plots of ground. Ostrów Lubelski belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland. The majority of farms are not concentrated on one particular kind of Production (economics), production; some specialise in cattle breeding for export, others in poultry breeding (goose, geese, ducks), and yet others in pig breeding. Climate and water supplies are favourable for agriculture. In addition to grain, farms also grow herbs (thyme, lovage, camomile and Malva, mallow) and oil plants. History "Ostrów" derives from a Proto-Slavic, Slavic word meaning "island". On 25 January 1548, King Sigismund the Old granted a foundation privilege to Ostrów along with a priv ...
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Kock
Kock is a town in eastern Poland, about north of Lublin and south-east of Warsaw. It lies in Lublin Voivodeship, in Lubartów County. It is the capital of the administrative district Gmina Kock. Historically Kock belongs to the Polish province of Lesser Poland and is located in its northeastern corner. , its population numbered 3,509. Name and location Kock is located a few kilometers north of the Wieprz river, approximately 150 meters above sea level, near the ''Łuków Lowland'' (''Równina Łukowska''). In 1952–1954 it was the seat of Gmina Białobrzegi. The town first appears in chronicles in 1258 as ''Cocsk''. In the 15th century, it was called ''Kocsko'' or ''Koczsko'', and in 1787, its name was spelled ''Kocko''. Current form has been in use since the 19th century, and the word Kock either comes from the last name or a nickname ''Kot'' (a person named so founded the town), or from a plant called kocanka ( Helichrysum arenarium), which grows abundantly in the area. ...
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Lublin
Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River, located southeast of Warsaw. One of the events that greatly contributed to the city's development was the Union of Krewo, Polish–Lithuanian Union of Krewo in 1385. Lublin thrived as a centre of trade and commerce due to its strategic location on the route between Vilnius and Kraków; the inhabitants had the privilege of free trade in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Lublin Sejm, Parliament session of 1569 led to the creation of a Union of Lublin, real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, thus creating the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Lublin witnessed the early stages of the Reformation in the 16th century. A Calvinist congregation wa ...
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