Lublin poviat - poviat in Poland, in (Lubelskie Voivodeship), created in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. Its seat is in the city Lublinwhich does not belong to the Lublin poviat.
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The poviat consists of:
- urban-rural communes: Bełżyce, Bychawa
- rural communes: Borzechów, Garbów, Głusk, Jabłonna, Jastków, Konopnica, Krzczonów, Niedrzwica Duży, Niemce, Strzyżewice, Wojciechów, Wólka, Wysokie, Zakrzew
- towns: Bełżyce, Bychawa.
According to the data of the Central Statistical Office for 2010, the poviat's area is 1679.42 km², 144,383 inhabitants live here, the population density in the poviat is 86.41 people per km², 12 530 inhabitants live in cities, i.e. the poviat's urbanization is 8.68%.
The beginnings of the Lublin poviat date back to the first half of the 14th century, with the appearance of this type of administrative unit in the Kingdom of Poland. The historic Lublin poviat was much more extensive, in the north it bordered the Łuków land, in the north-east with the Parczewski poviat, and in the south with the officów poviat.
The Lublin Poviat is located in the Lublin Upland and covers: two landscape parks: Krzczonowski Landscape Park and Kozłowiecki Landscape Park, four Protected Landscape Areas: Chodelski, Czerniejewski, Dolina Ciemięga and Kozi Bór, as well as nature reserves: Chmiel, Las Królewski, Olszanka and Podzamcze.
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The Krzczonowski Landscape Park with an area of 12,420 ha and a buffer zone of 13,856 ha was established on February 26, 1990 and is the eighth largest of the 17 landscape parks in the Lublin Province. It is located in the central part of Wynioswo Giełczewska - a subregion of the Lublin Upland, about 20 km south-east of Lublin. Administratively, the park is situated in 3 communes: Krzczonów and Jabłonna.
Kozłowiecki Landscape Park was established in 1990. It covers the area of 4018.5 ha, the protection zone of the park is 9000 ha. It covers a large part of the Kozłowieckie Forests (over 90% of the park's area). The idea behind the creation of the park was the need to protect the largest forest complex in the vicinity of Lublin, with a number of natural elements similar to the natural landscape. The dense forest complex is accompanied by mid-forest meadows, ponds and marshes.
Important elements of the natural environment of the poviat are: Wysoczyzna Lubartowska, Plateau Nałęczowski, Plain Bełżyce, Kotlina Chodelska, Wzniesienia Urzędowskie, Świdnicki Plateau, Wynioslosc Giełczewska, Padół Zamojski and Roztocze Zachodnie.
An important tourist area is the Land of Loess Ravines.
There are many bicycle routes in the Lublin poviat, for example the Bicycle Land by the Greenways Amber Trail in the Lublin region.