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 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.

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.
GminaTypeArea
Population
Population
Population
Seat
Puławyurban50.549,83949,79347,634
Gmina Puławyrural160.811,17211,70312,081Puławy
Gmina Nałęczówurban-rural62.99,5029,3288,959Nałęczów
Gmina Końskowolarural89.69,0509,0488,832Końskowola
Gmina Kurówrural101.37,8927,8277,656Kurów
Gmina Kazimierz Dolnyurban-rural72.57,0186,9776,673Kazimierz Dolny
Gmina Żyrzynrural128.76,5886,5846,428Żyrzyn
Gmina Wąwolnicarural62.24,9364,8634,669Wąwolnica
Gmina Baranówrural85.04,2284,1183,896Baranów
Gmina Janowiecrural79.03,5943,6733,663Janowiec
Gmina Markuszówrural40.43,0103,0702,950Markuszów
TOTAL932.9116,829116,984113,441