Kolbuszowa County

Kolbuszowa County
Powiat kolbuszowski

County

Kolbuszowa County Governor's Office

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Kolbuszowa): 50°15′N 21°46′E / 50.250°N 21.767°ECoordinates: 50°15′N 21°46′E / 50.250°N 21.767°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 6

Area

• Total

773.93 km² (298.82 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

61,399

• Density

79/km² (210/sq mi)

• Urban

9,172

• Rural

52,227

Car plates

RKL

Website

http://www.powiat.kolbuszowski.pl/

Kolbuszowa County (Polish: powiat kolbuszowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kolbuszowa, which lies 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The county covers an area of 773.93 square kilometres (298.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 61,399, out of which the population of Kolbuszowa is 9,172 and the rural population is 52,227.

Neighbouring counties

Kolbuszowa County is bordered by Tarnobrzeg County and Stalowa Wola County to the north, Nisko County to the north-east, Rzeszów County to the south-east, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County to the south, and Mielec County to the 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.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Kolbuszowa	urban-rural	170.6	24,486	Kolbuszowa
Gmina Majdan Królewski	rural	155.8	9,634	Majdan Królewski
Gmina Cmolas	rural	134.1	7,874	Cmolas
Gmina Raniżów	rural	96.8	7,185	Raniżów
Gmina Dzikowiec	rural	121.7	6,440	Dzikowiec
Gmina Niwiska	rural	95.2	5,780	Niwiska

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Kolbuszowa County

Seat	Kolbuszowa

Urban-rural gmina	Gmina Kolbuszowa

Rural gminas	Gmina Cmolas Gmina Dzikowiec Gmina Majdan Królewski Gmina Niwiska Gmina Raniżów

Counties of Podkarpackie Voivodeship

City counties	Rzeszów (capital) Krosno Przemyśl Tarnobrzeg

Land counties	Bieszczady Brzozów Dębica Jarosław Jasło Kolbuszowa Krosno Łańcut Lesko Leżajsk Lubaczów Mielec Nisko Przemyśl Przeworsk Ropczyce-Sędziszów Rzeszów Sanok Stalowa Wola Strzyżów Tarnobrzeg

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