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Jasło County

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).

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.

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.



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