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Gorlice County
Powiat gorlicki— County —
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Coat of armsLocation within the voivodeship Division into gminas Coordinates (Gorlice): 49°39′N 21°10′E / 49.65°N 21.167°ECoordinates: 49°39′N 21°10′E / 49.65°N 21.167°E Country Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Seat Gorlice Gminas Total 10 (incl. 1 urban)Area - Total 967.36 km2 (373.5 sq mi) Population (2006) - Total 106,540 - Density 110.1/km2 (285.2/sq mi) - Urban 36,142 - Rural 70,398 Car plates KGR Website http://www.powiat.gorlice.pl Gorlice County (Polish: powiat gorlicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Gorlice, which lies 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The only other towns in the county are Biecz, lying 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Gorlice, and Bobowa, 18 km (11 mi) west of Gorlice.
The county covers an area of 967.36 square kilometres (373.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 106,540, out of which the population of Gorlice is 28,539, that of Biecz is 4,585, that of Bobowa is 3,018, and the rural population is 70,398.
Neighbouring counties
Gorlice County is bordered by Nowy Sącz County to the west, Tarnów County to the north and Jasło County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina Type Area
(km²)Population
(2006)Seat Gorlice urban 23.6 28,539 Gmina Biecz urban-rural 99.3 16,874 Biecz Gmina Gorlice rural 103.4 16,179 Gorlice * Gmina Bobowa urban-rural 49.8 9,134 Bobowa Gmina Łużna rural 56.2 8,202 Łużna Gmina Lipinki rural 66.2 6,807 Lipinki Gmina Uście Gorlickie rural 287.4 6,259 Uście Gorlickie Gmina Ropa rural 49.1 5,058 Ropa Gmina Sękowa rural 194.8 4,777 Sękowa Gmina Moszczenica rural 37.6 4,711 Moszczenica * seat not part of the gmina References
Seat: Gorlice (urban gmina) Urban-rural gminas Rural gminas Counties of Lesser Poland Voivodeship City counties Land counties Categories:- Gorlice County
- Land counties of Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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