Lesko County
Powiat leski | |
|---|---|
 Location within the voivodeship | |
| Coordinates (Lesko): 49°28′28″N 22°19′44″E / 49.47444°N 22.32889°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Subcarpathian |
| Seat | Lesko |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 834.86 km2 (322.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 26,532 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,424 |
| • Rural | 21,108 |
| Car plates | RLS |
| Website | http://www.powiat-leski.pl/ |
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.
The county covers an area of 834.86 square kilometres (322.3 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 26,532, out of which the population of Lesko is 5,424, and the rural population is 21,108.[1]
- ^ GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-14.