Ryki County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat

Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries. The term powiat is most often translated into English as "county", although other terms are also sometimes used...

) in Lublin Voivodeship

Lublin Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....

, eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. 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 Ryki

Ryki

Ryki is a town in eastern Poland on the main road between Warsaw and Lublin. It has 9,767 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ryki County.- History :...

, which lies 62 kilometres (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

. The only other town in the county is Dęblin

Deblin

Dęblin is a town, population 19,500 , at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants....

, lying 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Ryki.

The county covers an area of 615.54 square kilometres (237.7 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 59,129, out of which the population of Dęblin is 17,933, that of Ryki is 9,716, and the rural population is 31,480.

Neighbouring counties

Ryki County is bordered by Łuków County to the north-east, Lubartów County

Lubartów County

Lubartów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 largest town is Lubartów, which lies north of...

 to the east, Puławy County to the south, Kozienice County

Kozienice County

Kozienice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central 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 Kozienice, which lies ...

 to the west and Garwolin County

Garwolin County

Garwolin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central 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 largest town is Garwolin, which lies ...

 to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

s (one urban, one urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Ryki Gmina Ryki Gmina Ryki is an urban-rural gmina in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ryki, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Lublin....	urban-rural	161.8	20,504	Ryki Ryki Ryki is a town in eastern Poland on the main road between Warsaw and Lublin. It has 9,767 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ryki County.- History :...
Dęblin Deblin Dęblin is a town, population 19,500 , at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants....	urban	38.3	17,933
Gmina Kłoczew	rural	143.2	7,336	Kłoczew
Gmina Stężyca Gmina Stezyca, Lublin Voivodeship Gmina Stężyca is a rural gmina in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stężyca, which lies approximately west of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....	rural	116.8	5,473	Stężyca Stezyca, Lublin Voivodeship Stężyca is a village in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Stężyca. It lies approximately west of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....
Gmina Nowodwór Gmina Nowodwór Gmina Nowodwór is a rural gmina in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowodwór, which lies approximately east of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....	rural	71.7	4,311	Nowodwór Nowodwór, Ryki County Nowodwór is a village in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nowodwór. It lies approximately east of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....
Gmina Ułęż	rural	83.6	3,572	Ułęż