Zamość County


Zamość 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 is the city of Zamość, although the city is not part of the county. The county contains three towns: Szczebrzeszyn, which lies west of Zamość, Zwierzyniec, which lies south-west of Zamość, and Krasnobród, south of Zamość.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006, its total population is 110,225, including a population of 5,299 in Szczebrzeszyn, 3,344 in Zwierzyniec, 3,047 in Krasnobród, and a rural population of 98,535.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Zamość, Zamość County is also bordered by Krasnystaw County and Chełm County to the north, Hrubieszów County to the east, Tomaszów Lubelski County to the south, and Biłgoraj County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 15 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.