Lesko County

Lesko County (Polish: powiat leski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) 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 67 kilometres (42 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The county covers an area of 834.86 square kilometres (322.3 sq mi). 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 (one urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

Lesko

Lesko [ˈlɛskɔ] (or Lisko until 1926; Latin: Lescow, alias Olesco Lescovium; Yiddish: לינסק-Linsk‎) is a town in south-eastern Poland with a population of 5,755 (02.06.2009). situated in the Bieszczady mountains. It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is 390 metres (1,280 feet) above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. Since 2002 it has been the capital of Lesko County.

Lesko is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998).

Gallery

gothic parish church built in 1539 by the Kmita family and small street in Lesko

gothic parish church built in 1539 by the Kmita family and small street in Lesko

Gothic Parish church of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary

Gothic Parish church of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary

Parish church

Parish church

Franciszek Pulaski's cavalry captain - Kazimierz Pulaski's cousin memorial plaque inside parish church