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 2019, its total population is 107,441, including a population of 4,991 in Szczebrzeszyn, 3,175 in Zwierzyniec, 3,091 in Krasnobród, and a rural population of 96,184.

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.
GminaTypeArea
Population
Seat
Gmina Zamośćrural197.023,166Zamość
Gmina Szczebrzeszynurban-rural123.211,177Szczebrzeszyn
Gmina Krasnobródurban-rural124.97,089Krasnobród
Gmina Sitnorural112.16,766Sitno
Gmina Zwierzyniecurban-rural156.86,740Zwierzyniec
Gmina Łabunierural87.56,209Łabunie
Gmina Miączynrural155.95,787Miączyn
Gmina Radecznicarural109.85,673Radecznica
Gmina Adamówrural110.65,594Adamów
Gmina Nieliszrural113.25,455Nielisz
Gmina Stary Zamośćrural97.25,203Stary Zamość
Gmina Skierbieszówrural139.25,132Skierbieszów
Gmina Komarów-Osadarural122.84,968Komarów-Osada
Gmina Sułówrural93.54,494Sułów
Gmina Grabowiecrural128.93,988Grabowiec