Opole Lubelskie County (Polish: powiat opolski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern 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 town of Opole Lubelskie, which lies 44 kilometres (27 mi) west of the regional capital Lublin. The only other town in the county is Poniatowa, lying 8 km (5 mi) north-east of Opole Lubelskie.
The county covers an area of 804.14 square kilometres (310.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 63,026, out of which the population of Poniatowa is 9,911, that of Opole Lubelskie is 8,832, and the rural population is 44,283.
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