__NOTOC__ Łuków County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (

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 ormerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-4 ...

) in

Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...

, eastern

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

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passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is

Łuków Łuków is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship (between 1975–1998). It is the capital of Ł ...

, which lies north of the regional capital

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. The only other town in the county is

Stoczek Łukowski Stoczek Łukowski is a town in Łuków County, in Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland with 2,556 inhabitants (). The town is located upon the Świder River. Stoczek Łukowski belongs to the historic province of Mazovia, in which it was part of ...

, 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

County A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

was an administrative unit (

ziemia Land is a historical unit of administration in Poland and Ruthenia. In the Polish language, the term is not capitalized (''ziemia chełmińska'', Chelmno Land; not ''Ziemia Chełmińska''). All ''ziemias'' are named after main urban centers (o ...

) 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

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name ''Małopolska'' (; ), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a separate cult ...

, and until 1474 belonged to

Sandomierz Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship (, ) 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 Poland region and the Lesser Poland Province. Originally Sandomier ...

. From 1474 to 1795, Lukow Land was part of

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

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 administrat ...

in the south, Lesser Polands’

Stężyca Land Stężyca Land ( Polish: ziemia stężycka) was an administrative unit, the so called ziemia, of both the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The land was composed of only one county, or powiat, and had its seat in the tow ...

in the southwest,

Mazovia Mazovia or Masovia ( ) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the largest city and Płock being the capital of the region . Throughout the ...

Czersk Land Czersk Land (Polish: ''ziemia czerska'', named after the town of Czersk) was an administrative unit (ziemia) of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. With its capital in the town of Czersk, it belonged to the Masovian Voi ...

in the west, Mazovian Liw Land in northwest,

Drohiczyn Land Drohiczyn Land (, 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 Drohiczyn Land as a sep ...

(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

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; , ) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (), situated on the Vistula River near its confluence with the San, in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy ...

, 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 Siedlce () ( ) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...

, Radzyn Podlaski and Kock. Also, the villages of

Serokomla Serokomla is a village in Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Serokomla. It lies approximately south of Łuków and north of the regional capital Lublin. The ...

, Tuchowicz and

Zbuczyn Zbuczyn is a village in Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zbuczyn. It is situated on the Zbuczynka River, approximately south-east of Siedlce and east ...

had town status. After the

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, Lukow Land was annexed by the

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as part of

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(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 __NOTOC__ Siedlce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...

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 Łó ...

to the east,

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 * Radz ...

to the south-east,

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 ...

to the south,

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 admi ...

to the south-west and

Garwolin County __NOTOC__ Garwolin County () 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 government reforms passed in 199 ...

to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

s (two urban and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

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