Puławy County
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Puławy County
| native_name = Powiat puławski
| settlement_type = County
| total_type = Total
| image_flag = POL powiat puławski flag.svg
| image_shield = POL powiat puławski COA 1.svg
| image_map = Mapa Pow Puławski.png
| map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = File:POL województwo lubelskie flag.svg Lublin
| area_total_km2 = 933
| population_total = 113441
| population_as_of = 2019
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 53946
| population_blank1_title = Rural
| population_blank1 = 59495
| coor_pinpoint = Puławy
| coordinates = {{coord|51|25|N|21|58|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}
| seat = Puławy
| parts_type = Gminas
| parts = Total 11 (incl. 1 urban)
| p1 = Puławy
| p2 = Gmina Baranów
| p3 = Gmina Janowiec
| p4 = Gmina Kazimierz Dolny
| p5 = Gmina Końskowola
| p6 = Gmina Kurów
| p7 = Gmina Markuszów
| p8 = Gmina Nałęczów
| p9 = Gmina Puławy
| p10 = Gmina Wąwolnica
| p11 = Gmina Żyrzyn
| blank_name = Car plates
| blank_info = LPU
| website = http://www.pulawy.powiat.pl/ }}
__NOTOC__
Puławy County ({{langx|pl|powiat puławski}}) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was first established in 1867,{{cite news |last1=Wschodni |first1=Dziennik |title=Powiat puławski ma 150 lat. Wręczyli odznaki za zasługi |url=https://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/powiat-pulawski-ma-150-lat-wreczyli-odznaki-za-zaslugi,n,1000200657.html |access-date=26 June 2020 |work=Dziennik Wschodni |date=17 June 2017 |language=pl}} 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 {{convert|46|km|mi|0}} north-west of the regional capital Lublin. The county also contains the towns of Nałęczów, lying {{convert|23|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of Puławy, and Kazimierz Dolny, {{convert|11|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Puławy.
The county covers an area of {{convert|933|km2|sqmi|1}}. In 2019, its total population was 113,441, including 47,634 in Puławy, 3,749 in Nałęczów, 2,563 in Kazimierz Dolny and a rural population of 59,495.{{Cite web|last=GUS|title=Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June|url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/population-size-and-structure-and-vital-statistics-in-poland-by-territorial-division-in-2019-as-of-30th-june,3,26.html|access-date=2020-09-14|website=stat.gov.pl|language=en}}
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 (one urban, two urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| class="wikitable" |
| Gmina
! Type ! Area ! Population ! Population ! Seat |
|---|
| Puławy
|urban | style="text-align:right;"|50.5 | style="text-align:right;"|49,839 | style="text-align:right;"|49,793 | style="text-align:right;"|47,634 | |
| Gmina Puławy
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|160.8 | style="text-align:right;"|11,172 | style="text-align:right;"|11,703 | style="text-align:right;"|12,081 |Puławy{{Efn|seat not part of the gmina}} |
| Gmina Nałęczów
|urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|62.9 | style="text-align:right;"|9,502 | style="text-align:right;"|9,328 | style="text-align:right;"|8,959 |
| Gmina Końskowola
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|89.6 | style="text-align:right;"|9,050 | style="text-align:right;"|9,048 | style="text-align:right;"|8,832 |
| Gmina Kurów
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|101.3 | style="text-align:right;"|7,892 | style="text-align:right;"|7,827 | style="text-align:right;"|7,656 |
| Gmina Kazimierz Dolny
|urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|72.5 | style="text-align:right;"|7,018 | style="text-align:right;"|6,977 | style="text-align:right;"|6,673 |
| Gmina Żyrzyn
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|128.7 | style="text-align:right;"|6,588 | style="text-align:right;"|6,584 | style="text-align:right;"|6,428 |
| Gmina Wąwolnica
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|62.2 | style="text-align:right;"|4,936 | style="text-align:right;"|4,863 | style="text-align:right;"|4,669 |
| Gmina Baranów
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|85.0 | style="text-align:right;"|4,228 | style="text-align:right;"|4,118 | style="text-align:right;"|3,896 |
| Gmina Janowiec
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|79.0 | style="text-align:right;"|3,594 | style="text-align:right;"|3,673 | style="text-align:right;"|3,663 |
| Gmina Markuszów
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|40.4 | style="text-align:right;"|3,010 | style="text-align:right;"|3,070 | style="text-align:right;"|2,950 |
| TOTAL
| | style="text-align:right;"|932.9 | style="text-align:right;"|116,829 | style="text-align:right;"|116,984 | style="text-align:right;"|113,441 | |
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References
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{{Puławy County}}
{{Lublin Voivodeship}}
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