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Przemyśl County (Polish: powiat przemyski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Przemyśl, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). There are no towns within the county.
The county covers an area of 1,213.73 square kilometres (468.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 70,882.
[edit] Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of Przemyśl, Przemyśl County is also bordered by Bieszczady County to the south, Lesko County to the south-west, Sanok County, Brzozów County and Rzeszów County to the west, and Przeworsk County and Jarosław County to the north. It also borders Ukraine to the east.
[edit] Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 10 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina |
Type |
Area
(km²) |
Population
(2006) |
Seat |
| Gmina Żurawica |
rural |
95.4 |
12,224 |
Żurawica |
| Gmina Dubiecko |
rural |
154.3 |
9,590 |
Dubiecko |
| Gmina Przemyśl |
rural |
108.4 |
9,008 |
Przemyśl * |
| Gmina Orły |
rural |
70.1 |
8,351 |
Orły |
| Gmina Bircza |
rural |
254.5 |
6,602 |
Bircza |
| Gmina Medyka |
rural |
60.7 |
5,906 |
Medyka |
| Gmina Fredropol |
rural |
159.7 |
5,400 |
Fredropol |
| Gmina Krzywcza |
rural |
94.5 |
5,048 |
Krzywcza |
| Gmina Krasiczyn |
rural |
127.2 |
4,794 |
Krasiczyn |
| Gmina Stubno |
rural |
89.1 |
3,959 |
Stubno |
| * seat not part of the gmina |
[edit] References
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