Rzeszów County

Name	Rzeszów County
Native name	Powiat rzeszowski
Settlement type	County
Total type	Total
Map caption	Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates display	inline,title
Coordinates region	PL
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	Voivodeship
|subdivision name1	Subcarpathian
Area total km2	1218.8
Population total	169586| population_as_of = 2006
Population density km2	auto
Population urban	20599
Population blank1 title	Rural
Population blank1	148987
Coor pinpoint	Rzeszów
Latns	N
Coordinates	50°2′1″N22°0′17″N
Longew	E
Seat	Rzeszów
Parts type	Gminas
Parts	Total 14 (incl. 1 urban)
P1	Dynów
P2	Gmina Błażowa
P3	Gmina Boguchwała
P4	Gmina Chmielnik
P5	Gmina Dynów
P6	Gmina Głogów Małopolski
P7	Gmina Hyżne
P8	Gmina Kamień
P9	Gmina Krasne
P10	Gmina Lubenia
P11	Gmina Sokołów Małopolski
P12	Gmina Świlcza
P13	Gmina Trzebownisko
P14	Gmina Tyczyn
Blank name	Car plates
Blank info	RZE
Website	http://www.powiat.rzeszow.pl }}

__NOTOC__ Rzeszów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Rzeszów, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains six towns: Dynów, south-east of Rzeszów, Boguchwała, south-west of Rzeszów, Głogów Małopolski, north of Rzeszów, Sokołów Małopolski, north of Rzeszów, Tyczyn, south of Rzeszów, and Błażowa, south-east of Rzeszów.

The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 169,586, out of which the population of Dynów is 6,076, that of Boguchwała is 5,535, that of Głogów Małopolski is 5,123, that of Sokołów Małopolski is 3,991, that of Tyczyn is 3,299, that of Błażowa is 2,110, and the rural population is 148,987.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Rzeszów, Rzeszów County is also bordered by Nisko County to the north, Leżajsk County to the north-east, Łańcut County, Przeworsk County and Przemyśl County to the east, Brzozów County to the south, Strzyżów County to the south-west, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County to the west, and Kolbuszowa County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 14 gminas (one urban, five urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

{| width="60%" border="2" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%; line-height:120%;" class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="F0F8FF" | style="text-align:center;"|Gmina | style="text-align:center;"|Type | style="text-align:center;"|Area(km²) | style="text-align:center;"|Population(2006) | style="text-align:center;"|Seat |- |Gmina Boguchwała |urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|96.2 | style="text-align:right;"|20,945 |Boguchwała |- |Gmina Trzebownisko |rural | style="text-align:right;"|90.5 | style="text-align:right;"|18,836 |Trzebownisko |- |Gmina Świlcza |rural | style="text-align:right;"|128.4 | style="text-align:right;"|18,819 |Świlcza |- |Gmina Głogów Małopolski |urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|145.8 | style="text-align:right;"|18,185 |Głogów Małopolski |- |Gmina Sokołów Małopolski |urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|134.0 | style="text-align:right;"|16,459 |Sokołów Małopolski |- |Gmina Tyczyn |urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|82.4 | style="text-align:right;"|16,302 |Tyczyn |- |Gmina Błażowa |urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|112.7 | style="text-align:right;"|10,593 |Błażowa |- |Gmina Krasne |rural | style="text-align:right;"|39.4 | style="text-align:right;"|9,576 |Krasne |- |Gmina Dynów |rural | style="text-align:right;"|118.8 | style="text-align:right;"|7,303 |Dynów * |- |Gmina Kamień |rural | style="text-align:right;"|73.2 | style="text-align:right;"|6,879 |Kamień |- |Gmina Hyżne |rural | style="text-align:right;"|51.0 | style="text-align:right;"|6,811 |Hyżne |- |Gmina Lubenia |rural | style="text-align:right;"|54.8 | style="text-align:right;"|6,411 |Lubenia |- |Gmina Chmielnik |rural | style="text-align:right;"|52.9 | style="text-align:right;"|6,391 |Chmielnik |- |Dynów |urban | style="text-align:right;"|24.4 | style="text-align:right;"|6,076 |  |- |colspan=5 style="text-align:right; font-size:90%"|* seat not part of the gmina |- |}

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Category:Land counties of Subcarpathian Voivodeship