Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Lesser Poland
- Seat
- Limanowa
- Gminas
- Total 12 (incl. 2 urban) Limanowa Mszana Dolna Gmina Dobra Gmina Jodłownik Gmina Kamienica Gmina Laskowa Gmina Limanowa Gmina Łukowica Gmina Mszana Dolna Gmina Niedźwiedź Gmina Słopnice Gmina Tymbark
- Total
- 951.96 km (367.55 sq mi)
- Density
- 138.38/km (358.39/sq mi)
- Urban
- 23,101
- Rural
- 108,628
- Car plates
- KLI
- Website
- https://powiat.limanowski.pl/
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- powiat
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship
- Contains
- Gmina Mszana Dolna
- Capital
- Limanowa
- Population
- 131651
- Area
- 951.96
- Shares border with
- Nowy Targ County
- Official website
- www.limanowa.pl
- Image
- Łopień a1.jpg
- Licence plate code
- KLI
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- topic's main category
- Category:Limanowa County
- Commons category
- Powiat limanowski
- inception
- 1999-01-01
- category for people born here
- Category:People from Limanowa County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Limanowa County
- postal code
- 34-600
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Encyclopedic overview
Limanowa County (Polish: powiat limanowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Limanowa, which lies 54 kilometres (34 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The only other town in the county is Mszana Dolna, lying 27 km (17 mi) west of Limanowa.The county is divided between Gorals in the territories of gmina Mszana Dolna and gmina Niedziewiedź and Lachs in the rest of the territory.
The county covers an area of 951.96 square kilometres (367.6 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 121,804, out of which the population of Limanowa is 15,157, that of Mszana Dolna is 7,944, and the rural population is 108,628.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limanowa County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.