Country Poland Car plates RLS Population 26,613 (2006) Voivodeship Podkarpackie Voivodeship | Seat Lesko Area 834.9 km² Capital Lesko | |
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Gminas Total 5
Gmina Baligród
Gmina Cisna
Gmina Lesko
Gmina Olszanica
Gmina Solina Points of interest Lake Solina, Lesko Synagogue, Smerek, Zapora wodna, Kamera Bieszczady Destinations Polańczyk, Cisna, Wetlina, Lake Solina, Lesko | ||
Lesko County (Polish: powiat leski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created in 2002 out of five gminas which previously made up the western part of Bieszczady County. Its administrative seat and only town is Lesko, which lies 67 kilometres (42 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.
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Map of Lesko County, Poland
The county covers an area of 834.86 square kilometres (322.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 26,613, out of which the population of Lesko is 5,864 and the rural population is 20,749.
Neighbouring counties
Lesko County is bordered by Sanok County to the west, Przemyśl County to the north and Bieszczady County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.