Łosice County | |
Native Name: | Powiat łosicki |
Settlement Type: | County |
Total Type: | Total |
Image Map1: | POL powiat losicki map.svg |
Map Caption1: | Division into gminas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Area Total Km2: | 771.77 |
Population Total: | 30895 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 7049 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 23846 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Łosice |
Coordinates: | 52.2167°N 65°W |
Seat: | Łosice |
Parts Type: | Gminas |
Parts: | Total 6 |
P1: | Gmina Huszlew |
P2: | Gmina Łosice |
P3: | Gmina Olszanka |
P4: | Gmina Platerów |
P5: | Gmina Sarnaki |
P6: | Gmina Stara Kornica |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | WLS |
Website: | http://www.losice.pl |
Łosice County (Polish: powiat łosicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Łosice, which lies 118km (73miles) east of Warsaw.
The county covers an area of 771.77km2. As of 2019, its total population is 30,395, out of which the population of Łosice is 7,049 and the rural population is 23,846.[1]
Łosice County is bordered by Siemiatycze County to the north, Biała Podlaska County to the south-east and Siedlce County to the west.
The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
Gmina Łosice | urban-rural | 121.2 | 10,815 | Łosice |
Gmina Sarnaki | rural | 197.3 | 4,673 | Sarnaki |
Gmina Platerów | rural | 129.0 | 4,851 | Platerów |
Gmina Stara Kornica | rural | 119.3 | 4,781 | Stara Kornica |
Gmina Olszanka | rural | 87.3 | 2,961 | Olszanka |
Gmina Huszlew | rural | 117.6 | 2,814 | Huszlew |