Krasnystaw County


Krasnystaw County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 and only town is Krasnystaw, which lies south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006, its total population is 69,274, out of which the population of Krasnystaw is 19,434 and the rural population is 49,840.

Neighbouring counties

Krasnystaw County is bordered by Chełm County to the north-east, Zamość County and Biłgoraj County to the south, Lublin County to the west, and Świdnik County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.