Puławy County


Puławy County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was first established in 1867, but its current borders were established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Puławy, which lies north-west of the regional capital Lublin. The county also contains the towns of Nałęczów, lying south-east of Puławy, and Kazimierz Dolny, south of Puławy.
The county covers an area of. In 2006, its total population was 116,829, including 49,839 in Puławy, 4,243 in Nałęczów, 3,572 in Kazimierz Dolny and a rural population of 59,175.

Neighbouring counties

Puławy County is bordered by Ryki County to the north, Lubartów County and Lublin County to the east, Opole Lubelskie County to the south, Zwoleń County to the west, and Kozienice County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.