Krosno County

Infobox Settlement
name = Krosno County
native_name = Powiat krośnieński
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat krośnieński COA.svg

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map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Subcarpathian
area_total_km2 = 923.79
population_total = 109715
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 13184
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 96531
coor_type = Krosno
latd = 49
latm = 41
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 21
longm = 45
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Krosno
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9
p1 = Gmina Chorkówka
p2 = Gmina Dukla
p3 = Gmina Iwonicz-Zdrój
p4 = Gmina Jedlicze
p5 = Gmina Korczyna
p6 = Gmina Krościenko Wyżne
p7 = Gmina Miejsce Piastowe
p8 = Gmina Rymanów
p9 = Gmina Wojaszówka
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = RKR
website = http://www.powiat.krosno.pl/ __NOTOC__Krosno County ( _pl. powiat krośnieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. 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 Krosno, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains four towns: Jedlicze, convert|9|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of Krosno, Rymanów, convert|17|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-east of Krosno, Dukla, convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Krosno, and Iwonicz Zdrój, convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Krosno.

The county covers an area of convert|923.79|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 109,715, out of which the population of Jedlicze is 5,593, that of Rymanów is 3,564, that of Dukla is 2,136, that of Iwonicz Zdrój is 1,891, and the rural population is 96,531.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Krosno, Krosno County is bordered by Jasło County to the west, Strzyżów County to the north, and Brzozów County and Sanok County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (four urban-rural and five 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]