Biała Podlaska County

Infobox Settlement
name = Biała Podlaska County
native_name = Powiat bialski
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat bialski COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lublin
area_total_km2 = 2753.67
population_total = 113764
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 23131
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 90633
coor_type = Biała Podlaska
latd = 52
latm = 2
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 23
longm = 7
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Biała Podlaska
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 19 (incl. 2 urban)
p1 = Międzyrzec Podlaski
p2 = Terespol
p3 = Gmina Biała Podlaska
p4 = Gmina Drelów
p5 = Gmina Janów Podlaski
p6 = Gmina Kodeń
p7 = Gmina Konstantynów
p8 = Gmina Leśna Podlaska
p9 = Gmina Łomazy
p10 = Gmina Międzyrzec Podlaski
p11 = Gmina Piszczac
p12 = Gmina Rokitno
p13 = Gmina Rossosz
p14 = Gmina Sławatycze
p15 = Gmina Sosnówka
p16 = Gmina Terespol
p17 = Gmina Tuczna
p18 = Gmina Wisznice
p19 = Gmina Zalesie
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = LBI
website = http://www.powiatbialski.lubelskie.pl __NOTOC__Biała Podlaska County ( _pl. powiat bialski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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 Biała Podlaska, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Biała Podlaska County are Międzyrzec Podlaski, which lies convert|24|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Biała Podlaska, and the border town of Terespol, convert|32|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Biała Podlaska.

The county covers an area of convert|2753.67|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 113,764, out of which the population of Międzyrzec Podlaski is 17,162, that of Terespol is 5,969, and the rural population is 90,633.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Biała Podlaska, Biała Podlaska County is bordered by Włodawa County and Parczew County to the south, Radzyń Podlaski County to the south-west, Łuków County and Siedlce County to the west, Łosice County to the north-west, and Siemiatycze County to the north. It also borders Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 19 gminas (two urban and 17 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]