Mielec County
Powiat mielecki | |
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Coordinates (Mielec): 50°17′N 21°26′E / 50.283°N 21.433°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
Seat | Mielec |
Gminas | |
Area | |
• Total | 880.21 km2 (339.85 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 136,591 |
• Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
• Urban | 65,372 |
• Rural | 71,219 |
Car plates | RMI |
Website | http://www.powiat-mielecki.pl |
Mielec County (Polish: powiat mielecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Mielec, which lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The only other towns in the county are Radomyśl Wielki, lying 16 km (10 mi) south-west of Mielec, and Przecław, 11 km (7 mi) south of Mielec.
The county covers an area of 880.21 square kilometres (339.9 sq mi). As of 30 VI 2019[1] its total population was 136,591, out of which the population of Mielec was 60,366, that of Radomyśl Wielki 3,231, and the rural population 72,994 (including approximately 1775 for the population of Przecław, which became a town in 2010).