Krosno County Powiat krośnieński
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Krosno): 49°41′N 21°45′E / 49.683°N 21.750°E / 49.683; 21.750
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
Seat	Krosno
Gminas	Total 10 Gmina Chorkówka Gmina Dukla Gmina Iwonicz-Zdrój Gmina Jaśliska Gmina Jedlicze Gmina Korczyna Gmina Krościenko Wyżne Gmina Miejsce Piastowe Gmina Rymanów Gmina Wojaszówka
Area
• Total	923.79 km2 (356.68 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	112,301
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
• Urban	13,409
• Rural	98,892
Car plates	RKR
Website	http://www.powiat.krosno.pl/

Krosno County (Polish: powiat krośnieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Krosno, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains four towns: Jedlicze, Rymanów, Dukla, and Iwonicz-Zdrój.

The county covers an area of 923.79 square kilometres (356.7 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 112,301, out of which the population of Jedlicze is 5,736, that of Rymanów is 3,825, that of Dukla is 2,061, that of Iwonicz-Zdrój is 1,787, and the rural population is 98,892.^[1]

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Krosno, Krosno County is bordered by Jasło County to the west, Strzyżów County to the north, and Brzozów County and Sanok County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into ten gminas (four urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. (There were previously only nine gminas; Gmina Jaśliska was separated from Gmina Dukla as of January 1, 2010.)

Government

In the Sejm and Senate, the county is part of the Krosno constituency and Senate constituency no. 57 respectively.

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