Kolbuszowa County

Kolbuszowa County Powiat kolbuszowski
County
Kolbuszowa County Governor's Office
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Kolbuszowa): 50°15′N 21°46′E / 50.250°N 21.767°ECoordinates: 50°15′N 21°46′E / 50.250°N 21.767°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
Seat	Kolbuszowa
Gminas	Total 6 Gmina Cmolas Gmina Dzikowiec Gmina Kolbuszowa Gmina Majdan Królewski Gmina Niwiska Gmina Raniżów
Area
• Total	773.93 km^2 (298.82 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	61,399
• Density	79/km^2 (210/sq mi)
• Urban	9,172
• Rural	52,227
Car plates	RKL
Website	http://www.powiat.kolbuszowski.pl/

Kolbuszowa County (Polish: powiat kolbuszowski) 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 and only town is Kolbuszowa, which lies 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The county covers an area of 773.93 square kilometres (298.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 61,399, out of which the population of Kolbuszowa is 9,172 and the rural population is 52,227.

Neighbouring counties

Kolbuszowa County is bordered by Tarnobrzeg County and Stalowa Wola County to the north, Nisko County to the north-east, Rzeszów County to the south-east, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County to the south, and Mielec County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Kolbuszowa	urban-rural	170.6	24,486	Kolbuszowa
Gmina Majdan Królewski	rural	155.8	9,634	Majdan Królewski
Gmina Cmolas	rural	134.1	7,874	Cmolas
Gmina Raniżów	rural	96.8	7,185	Raniżów
Gmina Dzikowiec	rural	121.7	6,440	Dzikowiec
Gmina Niwiska	rural	95.2	5,780	Niwiska

References

• Polish official population figures 2006