Zamość County
Zamość County
Powiat zamojski | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
| Coordinates (Zamość): 50°43′14″N 23°15′31″E / 50.72056°N 23.25861°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| Seat | Zamość |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,872.27 km2 (722.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 107,441 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,257 |
| • Rural | 96,184 |
| Car plates | LZA |
| Website | http://www.starostwo.zamosc.pl/ |
Zamość County (Polish: powiat zamojski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Zamość, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains three towns: Szczebrzeszyn, which lies 21 km (13 mi) west of Zamość, Zwierzyniec, which lies 24 km (15 mi) south-west of Zamość, and Krasnobród, 22 km (14 mi) south of Zamość.
The county covers an area of 1,872.27 square kilometres (722.9 sq mi). As of 2019, its total population is 107,441, including a population of 4,991 in Szczebrzeszyn, 3,175 in Zwierzyniec, 3,091 in Krasnobród, and a rural population of 96,184.