Przemyśl County

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 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 Przemyśl, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county); there are no towns within the county.

Przemyśl County Powiat przemyski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Przemyśl): 49°47′N 22°46′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
Seat	Przemyśl
Gminas	Total 10 Gmina Bircza Gmina Dubiecko Gmina Fredropol Gmina Krasiczyn Gmina Krzywcza Gmina Medyka Gmina Orły Gmina Przemyśl Gmina Stubno Gmina Żurawica
Area
• Total	1,213.73 km^2 (468.62 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	74,234
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Car plates	RPR
Website	http://www.powiat.przemysl.pl

The county covers an area of 1,213.73 square kilometres (468.6 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 74,234.[1]

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.

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 (2019)	Seat
Gmina Żurawica	rural	95.4	12,984	Żurawica
Gmina Przemyśl	rural	108.4	10,628	Przemyśl *
Gmina Dubiecko	rural	154.3	9,186	Dubiecko
Gmina Orły	rural	70.1	8,882	Orły
Gmina Bircza	rural	254.5	6,582	Bircza
Gmina Medyka	rural	60.7	6,546	Medyka
Gmina Fredropol	rural	159.7	5,514	Fredropol
Gmina Krasiczyn	rural	127.2	5,188	Krasiczyn
Gmina Krzywcza	rural	94.5	4,843	Krzywcza
Gmina Stubno	rural	89.1	3,881	Stubno
* seat not part of the gmina

Rural landscape picture

References

1. GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial divison in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-14.