Biała Podlaska County


Biała Podlaska County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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 Biała Podlaska, although the city is not part of the county. The only towns in Biała Podlaska County are Międzyrzec Podlaski, which lies west of Biała Podlaska, and the border town of Terespol, east of Biała Podlaska.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006, its total population is 113,764, including 17,162 in Międzyrzec Podlaski, 5,969 in Terespol, and a rural population of 90,633.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Biała Podlaska, Biała Podlaska County is bordered by Włodawa County and Parczew County to the south, Radzyń Podlaski County to the south-west, Łuków County and Siedlce County to the west, Łosice County to the north-west, and Siemiatycze County to the north. It also borders Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 19 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.