Puławy County

Puławy County (Polish: powiat puławski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Puławy, which lies 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-west of the regional capital Lublin. The county also contains the towns of Nałęczów, lying 23 km (14 mi) south-east of Puławy, and Kazimierz Dolny, 11 km (7 mi) south of Puławy.

The county covers an area of 933 square kilometres (360.2 sq mi). As of 2006, its total population is 116,829, including a population of 49,839 in Puławy, 4,243 in Nałęczów, 3,572 in Kazimierz Dolny, and a rural population of 59,175.

Neighbouring counties

Puławy County is bordered by Ryki County to the north, Lubartów County and Lublin County to the east, Opole Lubelskie County to the south, Zwoleń County to the west, and Kozienice County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)^[1]	Population (2011)^[2]	Seat
Puławy	urban	50.5	49,839	49,793
Gmina Puławy	rural	160.8	11,172	11,703	Puławy *
Gmina Nałęczów	urban-rural	62.9	9,502	9,328	Nałęczów
Gmina Końskowola	rural	89.6	9,050	9,048	Końskowola
Gmina Kurów	rural	101.3	7,892	7,827	Kurów
Gmina Kazimierz Dolny	urban-rural	72.5	7,018	6,977	Kazimierz Dolny
Gmina Żyrzyn	rural	128.7	6,588	6,584	Żyrzyn
Gmina Wąwolnica	rural	62.2	4,936	4,863	Wąwolnica
Gmina Baranów	rural	85.0	4,228	4,118	Baranów
Gmina Janowiec	rural	79.0	3,594	3,673	Janowiec
Gmina Markuszów	rural	40.4	3,010	3,070	Markuszów
TOTAL		932.9	116,829	116,984
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Gminas of Puławy County

Seat: Puławy (urban gmina)

Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Kazimierz Dolny Gmina Nałęczów

Rural gminas	Gmina Baranów Gmina Janowiec Gmina Końskowola Gmina Kurów Gmina Markuszów Gmina Puławy Gmina Wąwolnica Gmina Żyrzyn

Counties of Lublin Voivodeship

City counties	Lublin (capital) Biała Podlaska Chełm Zamość

Land counties	Biała Podlaska Biłgoraj Chełm Hrubieszów Janów Lubelski Kraśnik Krasnystaw Łęczna Lubartów Lublin Łuków Opole Lubelskie Parczew Puławy Radzyń Podlaski Ryki Świdnik Tomaszów Lubelski Włodawa Zamość

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