Lesko County


Lesko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created in 2002 out of five gminas which previously made up the western part of Bieszczady County. Its administrative seat and only town is Lesko, which lies south of the regional capital Rzeszów.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 26,613, out of which the population of Lesko is 5,864 and the rural population is 20,749.

Neighbouring counties

Lesko County is bordered by Sanok County to the west, Przemyśl County to the north and Bieszczady County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Rural landscape picture