__NOTOC__ Łosice County ( pl, powiat łosicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (

powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...

) in

Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...

, east-central

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. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the

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passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is

Łosice Łosice (; yi, לאָשיץ ''Loshitz'', russian: Лосице / Лoсічы ''Lositze'') is a town in eastern Poland, seat of the Łosice County and Gmina Łosice (commune) in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999). Previously it was located i ...

, which lies east of

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. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 30,395, out of which the population of Łosice is 7,049 and the rural population is 23,846.

Neighbouring counties

Łosice County is bordered by Siemiatycze County to the north,

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to the south-east and Siedlce County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Losice County Land counties of Masovian Voivodeship