Jasło County




County in Subcarpathian, Poland























































Jasło County


Powiat jasielski

County

Coat of arms of Jasło County
Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship
Location within the voivodeship


Division into gminas
Division into gminas

Coordinates (Jasło): 49°44′52″N 21°28′17″E / 49.74778°N 21.47139°E / 49.74778; 21.47139Coordinates: 49°44′52″N 21°28′17″E / 49.74778°N 21.47139°E / 49.74778; 21.47139
Country
 Poland
Voivodeship
POL województwo podkarpackie flag.svg Subcarpathian
Seat Jasło
Gminas
Area

 • Total 830.41 km2 (320.62 sq mi)
Population
(2006)

 • Total 115,128
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
 • Urban

37,768
 • Rural

77,360
Car plates RJS
Website http://www.powiat.jaslo.pl

Jasło County (Polish: powiat jasielski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is Jasło, which lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. The only other town in the county is Kołaczyce, which is 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Jasło.


The county covers an area of 830.41 square kilometres (320.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population was 115,128, out of which the population of Jasło was 37,768, and the rural population was 77,360 (including approximately 1,400 for the population of Kołaczyce, which became a town in 2010).



Neighbouring counties


Jasło County is bordered by Gorlice County to the west, Tarnów County to the north-west, Dębica County to the north, Strzyżów County to the north-east and Krosno County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.



Administrative division


The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.


















































































Gmina

Type

Area
(km²)


Population
(2006)


Seat

Jasło
urban
36.7
37,768
 

Gmina Jasło
rural
93.1
15,774

Jasło *

Gmina Skołyszyn
rural
77.9
12,422

Skołyszyn

Gmina Nowy Żmigród
rural
104.5
9,303

Nowy Żmigród

Gmina Tarnowiec
rural
63.1
9,130

Tarnowiec

Gmina Kołaczyce
urban-rural
60.0
8,832

Kołaczyce

Gmina Dębowiec
rural
85.8
8,406

Dębowiec

Gmina Brzyska
rural
45.1
6,222

Brzyska

Gmina Osiek Jasielski
rural
60.5
5,308

Osiek Jasielski

Gmina Krempna
rural
203.6
1,963

Krempna
* seat not part of the gmina


References


  • Polish official population figures 2006











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