Gorlice County

Gorlice County Powiat gorlicki
—  County  —
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Gorlice): 49°39′N 21°10′E / 49.65°N 21.167°E / 49.65; 21.167Coordinates: 49°39′N 21°10′E / 49.65°N 21.167°E / 49.65; 21.167
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
Seat	Gorlice
Gminas	Total 10 (incl. 1 urban) Gorlice Gmina Biecz Gmina Bobowa Gmina Gorlice Gmina Lipinki Gmina Łużna Gmina Moszczenica Gmina Ropa Gmina Sękowa Gmina Uście Gorlickie
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

• Polish official population figures 2006