Biłgoraj County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
) 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
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. 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
Biłgoraj, which lies south of the regional capital
Lublin. The county contains three other towns:
Tarnogród, lying south of Biłgoraj,
Józefów, lying east of Biłgoraj, and
Frampol, north of Biłgoraj.
The county covers an area of . As of 2008, its total population is 103,661, which includes 26,306 in Biłgoraj, 3,333 in Tarnogród, 2,486 in Józefów, 1,428 in Frampol, and a rural population of
67,596.
Neighbouring counties
Biłgoraj County is bordered by
Lublin County and
Krasnystaw County to the north,
Zamość County and
Tomaszów Lubelski County to the east,
Lubaczów County and
Przeworsk County to the south,
Leżajsk County to the south-west,
Nisko County to the west, and
Janów Lubelski County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 14
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 (one urban, three urban-rural and 10 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
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Land counties of Lublin Voivodeship