Krasnystaw County (Polish: powiat krasnostawski) 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 and only town is Krasnystaw, which lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
The county covers an area of 1,067.18 square kilometres (412.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 69,274, out of which the population of Krasnystaw is 19,434 and the rural population is 49,840.
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