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Losice county (Poland)

Powiat Łosicki, Mazowieckie Vojvodship

Last modified: 2009-08-22 by jarig bakker
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[Łosice county flag] image by Jens Pattke, 30 Jan 2009
adopted 20 Mar 2003 Other Łosice county pages: See also:

Łosice county

Łosice county (Powiat Łosicki), Mazowieckie Vojvodship, consists of the communes (gminy) Huszlew, Łosice, Olszanka, Platerów, Sarnaki, Stara Kornica.
Łosice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.

The county is subdivided into six communess (Polish: gminy), one urban-rural and five rural communess.
- Łosice urban-rural commune
- Sarnaki rural commune
- Platerów rural commune
- Stara Kornica rural commune
- Olszanka rural commune
- Huszlew rural commune

County flag and Coat of Arms adopted on March, 20 2003 by county law.
Description of the County Coat of Arms: "A Spanish-style shield of three fields. On the first, red field a white eagle with open wings. On the second, red field a knight in orange armor holding in the raised right hand a silver sword and in the left hand a blue shield with the double (Jagiellonian) cross. On the third, red field there is a horse, walking to the right, with the right front leg raised ( Arms of Losice)"
Sources: Uchwala V/29/2003 Rady Powiatu Łosickiego z dnia 20 marca 2003r. w sprawie ustanowienia Herbu i Flagi Powiatu Łosickiego.
Jens Pattke, 30 Jan 2009

Łosice county Coat of Arms

[Łosice county coat of arms] image by Jens Pattke, 30 Jan 2009
adopted 20 Mar 2003