Lesko County

Lesko County

Powiat leski
Lesko County Powiat leski
County
	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	Total 5 Gmina Baligród; Gmina Cisna; Gmina Lesko; Gmina Olszanica; Gmina Solina;
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.

[population-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.

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