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Przemyśl County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
RPR

Capital
  
Przemyśl

Seat
  
Przemyśl

Area
  
1,214 km²

Voivodeship
  
Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Przemyśl County

Gminas
  
Total 10 Gmina Bircza Gmina Dubiecko Gmina Fredropol Gmina Krasiczyn Gmina Krzywcza Gmina Medyka Gmina Orły Gmina Przemyśl Gmina Stubno Gmina Żurawica

Colleges and Universities
  
East European State Higher School in Przemyśl, Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Przemyślu

Points of interest
  
Carmelite Church - Przemyśl, Cathedral of St John the Baptis, National Museum of Przemysl, Muzeum Dzwonów i Fajek, Przemyskie Podziemia

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.

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Map of Przemy%C5%9Bl County, Poland

The county covers an area of 1,213.73 square kilometres (468.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 70,882.

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.

References

Przemyśl County Wikipedia