Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Lublin
- Most recent reestablishment of bi goraj
- January 1, 1999
- Seat
- Biłgoraj
- Gminas
- Total 14 (incl. 1 urban) Biłgoraj Gmina Aleksandrów Gmina Biłgoraj Gmina Biszcza Gmina Frampol Gmina Goraj Gmina Józefów Gmina Księżpol Gmina Łukowa Gmina Obsza Gmina Potok Górny Gmina Tarnogród Gmina Tereszpol Gmina Turobin
- Body
- executive board
- Starosta
- Andrzej Szarlip ( PiS )
- Total
- 1,677.79 km (647.80 sq mi)
- Rank
- 5th
- Density
- 56.129/km (145.37/sq mi)
- Urban
- 32,563
- Rural
- 61,610
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 23-400 to 23-465
- Car plates
- LBL
- Website
- http://www.bilgorajski.pl/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Biłgoraj County (Polish: powiat biłgorajski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) 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 and largest town is Biłgoraj, which lies 79 kilometres (49 mi) south of the regional capital Lublin.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biłgoraj County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.