Tarnów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern
Poland. 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 city of
Tarnów, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains seven towns:
Tuchów, south of Tarnów,
Zabno, north-west of Tarnów,
Wojnicz, south-west of Tarnów,
Radlów, north-west of Tarnów,
Ryglice, south-east of Tarnów,
Ciezkowice, south of Tarnów, and
Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów.