Country Poland Car plates RBI Voivodeship Podkarpackie Voivodeship Population 22,213 (2006) | Seat Ustrzyki Dolne Area 1,138 km² Capital Ustrzyki Dolne | |
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Gminas Total 3
Gmina Czarna
Gmina Lutowiska
Gmina Ustrzyki Dolne Points of interest Tatra Mountains, Bieszczady Mountains, Tarnica, Lake Solina, Połonina Caryńska Destinations Tatra Mountains, Ustrzyki Dolne, Bieszczady National Park, Lake Solina, Ustrzyki Górne | ||
Bieszczady County (Polish: powiat bieszczadzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in the extreme south-east of Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It takes its name from the Bieszczady mountain range. The county was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. In 2002 the western part of the county was split off to form Lesko County. The only town in Bieszczady County is now Ustrzyki Dolne, the county seat, which lies 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.
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Map of Bieszczady County, Poland
The county covers an area of 1,138.17 square kilometres (439.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 22,213, out of which the population of Ustrzyki Dolne is 9,478 and the rural population is 12,735. Its average population density of 19.5 persons per square kilometre (50.5 per square mile) makes it the least densely populated county in Poland.
The county includes the greater part of Bieszczady National Park (Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy), and of the Polish part of the UNESCO-designated East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve.
Neighbouring counties
Bieszczady County is bordered by Lesko County to the west and Przemyśl County to the north. It also borders Ukraine to the east and south.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into three gminas (one urban-rural and two rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.