Przeworsk County


Przeworsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 largest town is Przeworsk, which lies east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The county also contains the towns of Kańczuga, lying south-west of Przeworsk, and Sieniawa, north-east of Przeworsk.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 78,691, out of which the population of Przeworsk is 15,747, that of Kańczuga is 3,211, that of Sieniawa is 2,065, and the rural population is 57,668.

Neighbouring counties

Przeworsk County is bordered by Biłgoraj County to the north, Lubaczów County and Jarosław County to the east, Przemyśl County to the south, Rzeszów County to the south-west, and Łańcut County and Leżajsk County to the west.

Administrative division

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