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Chelm county (Poland)

Powiat Che³mski, Lubelskie vojvodship

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Che³m County (Polish: powiat che³mski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Che³m, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county).

The county is subdivided into 15 communes (Polish: gmina), one urban commune and 14 rural communes. (Gmina Rejowiec belonged to Krasnystaw County until
2006.):
- Bia³opole rural commune
- Che³m rural commune
- Dorohusk rural commune
- Dubienka rural commune
- Kamieñ rural commune
- Le¶niowice rural commune
- Ruda-Huta rural commune
- Rejowiec rural commune
- Rejowiec Fabryczny rural commune
- Rejowiec Fabryczny urban commune
- Sawin rural commune
- Siedliszcze rural commune
- Wierzbica rural commune
- Wojs³awice rural commune
- ¯mud¼ rural commune

On 10 July 2008 the new symbols of the Che³m County were presented to the public. The official adoption of a law is the future.
Source: county website.
Jens Pattke, 29 Jul 2008

Che³m county CoA

[Che³m county coat of arms] image by Jens Pattke, 29 Jul 2008
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