Łańcut County
Łańcut County
Powiat łańcucki | |
|---|---|
Starostwo | |
Location within the voivodeship | |
| Coordinates (Łańcut): 50°4′N 22°14′E / 50.067°N 22.233°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| Seat | Łańcut |
| Gminas | Total 7 (incl. 1 urban) |
| Government | |
| • Starosta | Adam Krzysztoń |
| Area | |
• Total | 452 km2 (175 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 80,898 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 17,709 |
| • Rural | 63,189 |
| Car plates | RLA |
| Website | https://www.powiatlancut.pl/ |
Łańcut County (Polish: powiat łańcucki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern 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 Łańcut, site of the famous Łańcut Castle, lying 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów.
The county covers an area of 452 square kilometres (174.5 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population was 80,898, out of which 22% in urban areas.