Tarnów County () 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 is the city of Tarnów, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains seven towns: Tuchów, south of Tarnów, à »abno, north-west of Tarnów, Wojnicz, south-west of Tarnów, Radà Âów, north-west of Tarnów, Ryglice, south-east of Tarnów, CiÃÂà ¼kowice, south of Tarnów, and Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population was 193,549, out of which the population of Tuchów was 6,501, that of à »abno 4,271, that of Wojnicz 3,404, that of Ryglice 2,784, that of CiÃÂà ¼kowice 2,378, that of Zakliczyn 1,556, and the rural population was 176,059 (including approximately 2,800 for the population of Radà Âów, which became a town in 2010).
Apart from the city of Tarnów, Tarnów County is also bordered by Dàbrowa County to the north, DÃÂbica County to the east, Jasà Âo County to the south-east, Gorlice County and Nowy Sàcz County to the south, Brzesko County and Proszowice County to the west, and Kazimierza County to the north-west.
The county is subdivided into 16 gminas (seven urban-rural and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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