List of cities and towns in Poland

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This is a list of cities and towns in Poland, consisting of four sections: the full list of all 107 cities in Poland by size, followed by a description of the principal metropolitan areas of the country, the table of the most populated cities and towns in Poland, and finally, the full alphabetical list of all 107 Polish cities and 861 towns combined.

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As of 30 April 2022, there are altogether 2471 municipalities (gmina) in Poland:

In some cases, a city with powiat rights may also be a seat of both an eponymous rural gmina and an eponymous regular powiat, despite belonging to neither, e.g. Siedlce, Skierniewice, Słupsk. No city in Poland constitutes a separate voivodeship in its own right, though 5 cities held such status in the past.

General principles

All municipalities in Poland are governed regardless of their type under the mandatory mayor–council government system. Executive power in a rural gmina is exercised by a wójt, while the homologue in municipalities containing cities or towns is called accordingly either a city mayor (prezydent miasta) or a town mayor (burmistrz), all of them elected by a two-round direct election, while the town/city council is the legislative, budget-making and oversight body. Any local laws considered non-compliant with the national ones may be invalidated by the respective voivode, whose rulings may be appealed to an administrative court. Decisions in individual cases may in turn be appealed to quasi-judicial bodies named local government boards of appeal  [ pl ], their ruling subject to appeal to an administrative court. A town or city mayor may be scrutinized or denied funding for his/her projects by the council, but is not politically responsible to it and does not require its confidence to remain in office; therefore, cohabitation is not uncommon. A recall referendum may however be triggered either in respect to the wójt/town mayor/city mayor or to the municipal council through a petition supported by at least 1/10 of eligible voters, but the turnout in the recall referendum must be at least 3/5 of the number of people voting in the original election in order for the referendum to be valid and binding. In addition, elected bodies of any municipality may be suspended by the Prime Minister of Poland in case of persisting law transgressions or negligence, resulting in such case in the municipality being placed under receivership. In a city with powiat rights, the city mayor additionally has the powers and duties of a powiat executive board and a starosta, while the city council has the powers and duties of a powiat (county) council; both nevertheless being elected under the municipal election rules rather than those applicable to county elections.

Cities

In spite of no linguistic distinction between a city and a town in the Polish language (both translated miasto), a city may be recognized among other Polish urban municipalities through being managed by a city mayor (prezydent miasta, literally translated city president) instead of a town mayor (burmistrz) as the head of the city executive, thus being informally called miasto prezydenckie, with such privilege automatically awarded to municipalities either inhabited by more than 100,000 residents (currently 37) or those enjoying the status of a city with powiat rights (currently 66). As of 2022, all of the former group fit into the latter, though it was not always the case in the past. There is, however, a number of exemptions due to historic or political reasons, when a municipality meets neither of these two conditions but nevertheless has the city status, including the only 3 capitals of the former voivodeships of Poland (1975–1998) not meeting the abovementioned criteria, as well as 38 other municipalities which do not fit into any of the mentioned categories but have nevertheless been allowed to keep the earlier awarded status due to unspecified historical reasons. Among the 37 cities over 100,000, 18 are seats of voivode or voivodeship sejmik, thus carrying the informal designation of a voivodeship city. 11 of them are seats of an appeal court and other supra-voivodeship institutions.

The 107 Polish cities belong to the following size ranges in terms of the number of inhabitants (cites with powiat rights are indicated with italics; the seats of either a voivode or a voivodeship legislature are marked in bold, the seats of an appeal court are marked with an asterisk*):

The biggest towns (e.g. Tarnowskie Góry, Rumia, Piaseczno) are larger than a number of cities.

Principal metropolitan areas

Only a single officially incorporated multi-purpose metropolitan union exists in Poland, the sui generis Metropolis GZM , established by a dedicated act of Parliament of Poland within the Silesian Voivodeship, currently composed of 41 contiguous municipalities, with some of them containing also rural areas. Its total population is 2,279,560. The metropolis largely coincides with the metropolitan area of the Katowice urban area, which is a part of the wider polycentric transnational Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area.

A de facto metropolitan area is, however, also formed in some aspects by Warsaw metropolitan area , consisitng of the capital city of Warsaw, a city with powiat rights, and the 9 neighbouring counties: Warsaw West County, Nowy Dwór County, Legionowo County, Wołomin County, Mińsk County, Otwock County, Piaseczno County, Pruszków County and Grodzisk Mazowiecki County. Warsaw forms together with these counties a NUTS 2 area separate as an exception from the remainder of its home region, the Mazovian Voivodeship. In addition, identical area is policed by the Capital City Police Headquarters separate from the Mazovian Voivodeship Police Headquarters, with a status equal to that of voivodeship police headquarters. Attempts to establish a formally incorporated metropolitan union have been fiercely resisted by the citizens and the city mayor of Warsaw who have considered them a form of concealed gerrymandering, potentially leading to a political takeover of the city government through aiming to counterbalance the profoundly liberal city population with the conservative population of the neighbouring areas.

A third widely known metropolitan area is the metropolitan area of Tricity in Pomeranian Voivodeship, urban area of which consists of the eponymous cities of Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia. The designation has been used informally or semi-formally only. A strategic cooperation declaration, the Tricity Charter (Polish: Karta Trójmiasta), was signed by the three city mayors on 28 March 2007. The only incorporated common management authority in the Tricity metro is the Gdańsk Bay Public Transport Metropolitan Union (Polish : Metropolitarny Związek Komunikacyjny Zatoki Gdańskiej) which is, despite the name, an inter-municipal union and not a metropolitan one.

Largest cities and towns by population

Poland contains:

Below is the table of the most populated cities and towns in Poland. The table ranks cities by population based on data from the Central Statistical Office of Poland. [1] [2]

Population at various dates
NameVoivodeship1 Jan
2022
1 Jan
2021
30 June
2020
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2007
19991970196019501900Change
2007 – 2020
Warsaw POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg  Masovian 1,863,0561,794,1661,793,5791,706,6241,618,4681,315,6481,139,189822,036756,4004.92%
Kraków POL wojewodztwo malopolskie flag.svg  Lesser Poland 802,583779,966780,981766,583740,666583,444481,296343,638120,3001.63%
Łódź POL wojewodztwo lodzkie 1 flag.svg  Łódź 664,071672,185677,286753,192806,728762,699709,698620,273351,600-9.82%
Wrocław POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg  Lower Silesian 642,687641,928643,782632,930643,877526,000430,522308,925422,7001.60%
Poznań POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg  Greater Poland 529,410532,048533,830567,932578,235471,900408,132320,670126,000-5.83%
Gdańsk (part of Tricity urban area)POL wojewodztwo pomorskie flag.svg  Pomeranian 470,621471,525458,717458,988365,600286,940194,633140,6002.66%
Szczecin POL wojewodztwo zachodniopomorskie flag.svg  West Pomeranian 395,513400,990410,811416,988338,000269,318178,907210,700-2.17%
Bydgoszcz POL wojewodztwo kujawsko-pomorskie flag.svg  Kuyavian-Pomeranian 339,053346,739361,222386,855282,200232,007162,52452,200-3.61%
Lublin POL wojewodztwo lubelskie flag.svg  Lublin 336,339339,547351,806356,251238,500181,304116,62953,600-3.42%
Białystok POL wojewodztwo podlaskie flag.svg  Podlaskie 295,683297,585294,143285,000168,500120,92168,50366,0001.16%
Katowice (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 286,960291,774317,220345,934305,000269,926175,49631,700-7.71%
Gdynia (part of Tricity urban area)POL wojewodztwo pomorskie flag.svg  Pomeranian 243,918245,867250,242253,521191,500147,625103,458900-1.56%
Częstochowa POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 214,342219,278242,300257,812188,189164,906112,19853,700-9.02%
Radom POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg  Masovian 206,946210,532224,857232,262159,480130,11680,29830,100-6.00%
Rzeszów POL wojewodztwo podkarpackie flag.svg  Podkarpackie 198,609196,821166,454162,04983,10562,52628,13318,30017.88%
Toruń POL wojewodztwo kujawsko-pomorskie flag.svg  Kuyavian-Pomeranian 196,935201,106206,619211,955129,872104,90680,63729,600-2.50%
Sosnowiec (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 194,818198,996222,586244,102145,000131,65496,44886,700-10.16%
Kielce POL wojewodztwo swietokrzyskie flag.svg  Świętokrzyskie 191,448194,218205,902212,383126,95089,50061,33223,200-5.37%
Gliwice (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 175,102178,186197,393212,164172,000135,300119,96852,400-9.52%
Olsztyn POL wojewodztwo warminsko-mazurskie flag.svg  Warmian-Masurian 169,793171,853175,710171,13194,75367,88743,83124,300-2.12%
Zabrze (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 168,946171,691189,062200,177197,840190,049172,35526,000-8.82%
Bielsko-Biała POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 168,319170,303175,690178,963106,20075,52717,400-2.86%
Bytom (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 161,139164,447184,765205,560187,500182,578173,95551,400-10.56%
Zielona Góra POL wojewodztwo lubuskie flag.svg  Lubusz 140,403141,280117,523118,18273,48554,29131,63421,00020.17%
Rybnik POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 135,994137,782141,080144,58243,70034,09927,2227,200-2.11%
Ruda Śląska (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 135,008137,030144,584159,665143,122131,66733,96214,800-4.99%
Opole POL wojewodztwo opolskie flag.svg  Opole 127,077128,012126,748129,55386,90063,50038,46430,1001.02%
Tychy (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 125,781127,307129,776133,17871,50049,9144,900-1.68%
Gorzów Wielkopolski POL wojewodztwo lubuskie flag.svg  Lubusz 120,087123,341125,411126,01974,78258,67132,82533,600-1.43%
Elbląg POL wojewodztwo warminsko-mazurskie flag.svg  Warmian-Masurian 117,390119,097126,710129,78290,05176,51348,11252,500-5.83%
Dąbrowa Górnicza (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 116,971118,899128,795131,03761,70055,72032,4463,000-7.32%
Płock POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg  Masovian 116,962118,989126,968131,01171,90042,79833,12827,000-5.94%
Wałbrzych POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg  Lower Silesian 108,222110,603123,635136,923125,200117,20993,84216,400-9.93%
Włocławek POL wojewodztwo kujawsko-pomorskie flag.svg  Kuyavian-Pomeranian 106,928109,347118,432123,37382,59966,82054,53623,000-7.22%
Tarnów POL wojewodztwo malopolskie flag.svg  Lesser Poland 105,922108,177116,118118,29785,92970,83537,40531,700-6.58%
Chorzów (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 105,628107,443113,678121,708151,946147,037129,45657,900-5.16%
Koszalin POL wojewodztwo zachodniopomorskie flag.svg  West Pomeranian 104,994106,880107,376109,94165,20044,41018,94020,400-0.31%
Kalisz POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg  Greater Poland 97,90599,761108,031106,64181,45469,94655,54222,000-7.21%
Legnica POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg  Lower Silesian 97,30099,072104,754109,33576,00064,18539,01054,900-5.16%
Grudziądz POL wojewodztwo kujawsko-pomorskie flag.svg  Kuyavian-Pomeranian 92,55294,07699,090102,43475,66864,96545,32732,700-4.77%
Jaworzno (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 89,35090,75996,60099,80063,60053,08920,22917,500-5.67%
Słupsk POL wojewodztwo pomorskie flag.svg  Pomeranian 88,83590,32097,419102,37068,93953,38333,11527,300-6.92%
Jastrzębie-Zdrój POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 86,63288,42593,939102,29424,5001,700-5.53%
Nowy Sącz POL wojewodztwo malopolskie flag.svg  Lesser Poland 83,11683,76284,46883,91141,30034,17926,216-0.95%
Jelenia Góra POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg  Lower Silesian 77,36678,77886,22093,40755,90049,61734,996-17.1%
Siedlce POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg  Masovian 77,35478,25876,93976,05639,28032,58725,3221.7%
Mysłowice (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 74,08574,60174,91276,23144,70040,22835,720-2.88%
Konin POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg  Greater Poland 71,42773,17680,14083,46240,79417,63812,145-14.5%
Piła POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg  Greater Poland 71,84672,94974,68779,56843,99233,78521,08518,405-9.80%
Piotrków Trybunalski POL wojewodztwo lodzkie 1 flag.svg  Łódź 71,25272,78578,47581,43359,84352,78242,289-12.5%
Lubin POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg  Lower Silesian 70,81572,14276,30682,71128,9005,4712,743-14.4%
Inowrocław POL wojewodztwo kujawsko-pomorskie flag.svg  Kuyavian-Pomeranian 70,71372,56175,68179,51754,91147,26738,005-11.1%
Ostrów Wielkopolski POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg  Greater Poland 70,98271,82972,36074,63549,70542,57932,78711,800-4.10%
Suwałki POL wojewodztwo podlaskie flag.svg  Podlaskie 69,20670,12669,78669,28168,81525,57219,86815,45611,0000%
Stargard POL wojewodztwo zachodniopomorskie flag.svg  West Pomeranian 67,29367,75370,21774,16644,64033,65020,684
Gniezno POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg  Greater Poland 66,76967,96869,73271,46050,92644,08036,039
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski POL wojewodztwo swietokrzyskie flag.svg  Świętokrzyskie 66,25867,97573,11179,04750,14738,10820,273
Siemianowice Śląskie (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 65,68466,58771,62175,21867,40162,41152,994
Głogów POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg  Lower Silesian 65,40066,62768,29774,29420,5589,1793,825
Pabianice POL wojewodztwo lodzkie 1 flag.svg  Łódź 63,02364,44569,84274,68962,40256,22248,817
Leszno POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg  Greater Poland 62,20063,32364,05762,59733,98529,15722,572
Żory POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 62,84862,67062,00863,6838,7006,7955,037
Zamość POL wojewodztwo lubelskie flag.svg  Lublin 62,02163,22366,37567,09935,11427,63821,55811,300
Pruszków POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg  Masovian 62,75062,48955,62153,29543,36638,01627,583
Łomża POL wojewodztwo podlaskie flag.svg  Podlaskie 62,01962,79563,03664,91525,80019,87614,839
Ełk POL wojewodztwo warminsko-mazurskie flag.svg  Warmian-Masurian 61,67762,12556,69856,46427,40021,95213,665
Tarnowskie Góry POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 61,84261,75660,97563,12634,40028,61223,115
Tomaszów Mazowiecki POL wojewodztwo lodzkie 1 flag.svg  Łódź 60,52961,64566,23269,38955,01148,54639,391
Chełm POL wojewodztwo lubelskie flag.svg  Lublin 60,23161,58867,78270,75939,13531,10820,550
Mielec POL wojewodztwo podkarpackie flag.svg  Podkarpackie 59,50960,22961,00564,45527,00022,1329,205
Kędzierzyn-Koźle POL wojewodztwo opolskie flag.svg  Opole 58,89960,38365,16169,875
Przemyśl POL wojewodztwo podkarpackie flag.svg  Podkarpackie 58,72160,44266,86768,34553,50947,44232,948
Stalowa Wola POL wojewodztwo podkarpackie flag.svg  Podkarpackie 58,54560,17964,98871,80530,10022,9327,167
Tczew POL wojewodztwo pomorskie flag.svg  Pomeranian 59,11159,82860,27161,12441,00033,69624,61912,808
Biała Podlaska POL wojewodztwo lubelskie flag.svg  Lublin 56,49857,19457,78358,59926,50020,14813,345
Bełchatów POL wojewodztwo lodzkie 1 flag.svg  Łódź 55,58356,74061,49661,0189,2507,3275,146
Świdnica POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg  Lower Silesian 55,41356,56459,99865,01647,67339,07827,80528,439
Będzin POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 55,18356,19158,63960,08442,80039,47834,410
Zgierz POL wojewodztwo lodzkie 1 flag.svg  Łódź 54,97455,98558,16458,86243,02536,66626,169
Piekary Śląskie (part of Katowice urban area)POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 54,22654,86059,06161,75336,40032,22622,944
Racibórz POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg  Silesian 53,63254,52956,91964,09340,60032,52326,44725,250
Legionowo POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg  Masovian 53,20553,80951,05851,30120,83619,835
Ostrołęka POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg  Masovian 51,01251,89354,10955,51122,18715,21610,409

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Augustow Augustow noca.JPG
Augustów
Bialystok Bazylika w Bialymstoku - Emilia Ernst.jpg
Białystok
Bielsko-Biala Ratusz Bielsko-Biala.JPG
Bielsko-Biała
Bydgoszcz Kamienica przy placu Wolnosci 1 2023.jpg
Bydgoszcz
Bytom Rynek w Bytomiu i widok na kamienice.jpg
Bytom
Chorzow Chorzow Urzad Miasta.jpg
Chorzów
Czestochowa CzestochowaAlejaSienkiewicza.jpg
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Dabrowa Gornicza Palac Kultury Zaglebia 04.JPG
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Elblag SM Elblag Kosciol sw Mikolaja (3) ID 644686.jpg
Elbląg
Gdansk Calle Dlugie Pobrzeze, Gdansk, Polonia, 2013-05-20, DD 06.jpg
Gdańsk
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Gdynia
Gliwice Gliwice, ulica Zwyciestwa.jpg
Gliwice
Glogow Glogow ratusz 01.jpg
Głogów
Gorzow Wielkopolski Panorama Gorzowa Wlkp widziana z poludniowego brzegu Warty2.JPG
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Grudziadz Grudziadz1.jpg
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Inowroclaw PL Ino KrolowejJadwigi.JPG
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Jastrzebie-Zdroj Palac w Boryni 7.JPG
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Jelenia Gora Jelenia Gora (osrodek historyczny).jpg
Jelenia Góra
Kalisz Kalisz, Ratusz - fotopolska.eu (270187).jpg
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Katowice Katowice Rynek.jpg
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Kielce Palac Biskupow.jpg
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Konin Rynek w Koninie.jpg
Konin
Koszalin Koszalin Rynek Staromiejski w 2014 roku.jpg
Koszalin
Krakow Krakow - Wawel from Kopiec Krakusa.jpg
Kraków
Legnica Legnica - Rynek - Dawny Ratusz 01.jpg
Legnica
Lublin Lublin PanoramaStaregoMiasta.JPG
Lublin
Lodz Ksiezy Mlyn, Lodz.jpg
Łódź
Myslowice Myslowice - Kaplica Jarlikow 01.jpg
Mysłowice
Nowy Sacz Nowy Sacz, Ratusz - fotopolska.eu (185664).jpg
Nowy Sącz
Olsztyn Olsztyn, stary ratusz..jpg
Olsztyn
Opole Ratusz w Opolu.jpg
Opole
Piotrkow Trybunalski Piotrkow Trybunalski - Rynek.jpg
Piotrków Trybunalski
Plock Ratusz, XIX w. Plock, Stary Rynek.jpg
Płock
Poznan Stary Rynek w Poznaniu, widok z drona.jpg
Poznań
Radom Radom komisja wojewodzka.jpg
Radom
Rzeszow Rzeszow, zamek, 1600, 1903-1906 danz 009.jpg
Rzeszów
Ruda Slaska Nowy Bytom Niedurnego street.jpg
Ruda Śląska
Rybnik Rynek w Rybniku 8.JPG
Rybnik
Slupsk SLUPSK - Urzad Miasta. - panoramio.jpg
Słupsk
Sosnowiec Sosnowiec Plac 100-lecia.jpg
Sosnowiec
Swiebodzin Swiebodzin ratusz 0.jpg
Świebodzin
Szczecin Szczecin Waly Chrobrego dron (1).jpg
Szczecin
Tarnow Rynek-POL, Tarnow.jpg
Tarnów
Torun Stare Miasto, Ratusz Staromiejski w Toruniu.jpg
Toruń
Tychy Tychy Stare. Rynek1.JPG
Tychy
Walbrzych Castle Furstenstein.JPG
Wałbrzych
Warsaw castle square Castle Square, Warsaw.jpg
Warsaw castle square
Warsaw Warsaw skyline Swietokrzyski Bridge.jpg
Warsaw
Wloclawek Wloclawek - katedra - most - palac biskupi.jpg
Wloclawek
Wroclaw 598563 Wroclaw zespol urbanistyczny Ostrowa Tumskiego 04.JPG
Wrocław
Zabrze Zabrze - Poczta Glowna 01.jpg
Zabrze
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Footnotes

  1. 2016 population - GUS – Baza Demografia: Wyniki badań bieżących: Stan i struktura ludności: Ludność: 2016: Ludność stan w dniu 31 XII (Central Statistical Office: Demography Database: Population as of 31 December 2016).
  2. 2007 population - GUS – Baza Demografia: Wyniki badań bieżących: Stan i struktura ludności: Ludność: 2007: Ludność stan w dniu 31 XII (Central Statistical Office: Demography Database: Population as of 31 December 2007).

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Masovian Voivodeship</span> Voivodeship of Poland

Masovian Voivodeship is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998)</span> Former voivodeship of Poland from 1975 to 1998.

The Gdańsk Voivodeship was a voivodeship (province) of the Polish People's Republic from 1975 to 1989, and the Third Republic of Poland from 1989 to 1998. Its capital was Gdańsk, and it was centered on the region of Pomerelia. It was established on 1 June 1975, from the parts of the voivodeships of Gdańsk, and Bydgoszcz, and existed until 31 December 1998, when it was incorporated into then-established Pomeranian Voivodeship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Powiat</span> Provincial unit in Poland

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" or "district". In historical contexts, this may be confusing because the Polish term hrabstwo (an administrative unit administered/owned by a hrabia is also literally translated as "county".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Starogard County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Starogard County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. The name is a combination of two terms: stari which is Slavic for old and gard which is Pomeranian language stands for town, city, fortified settlement. In this meaning, the term gard is still being used in the only surviving dialect of the Pomeranian, Kashubian language. The county 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 Starogard Gdański, which lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county contains three other towns: Skarszewy, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Starogard Gdański, Skórcz, 19 km (12 mi) south of Starogard Gdański, and Czarna Woda, 33 km (21 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański. Starogard County is part of the area traditionally inhabited by the Kociewiacy ethnic group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kartuzy County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Kartuzy County is a county in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with administrative seat and largest town being Kartuzy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puck County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Puck County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. The powiat of this name existed in the history of Poland, since the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth up to 1795, and then reintroduced in 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kościerzyna County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Kościerzyna County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kościerzyna, which lies 51 kilometres (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Its borders equal approximately the borders of the old Marquessate of Berent in the German Empire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malbork County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Malbork County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern 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 Malbork, 46 kilometres (29 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Nowy Staw, lying 12 km (7 mi) north of Malbork. Until 2002, the county also included the areas which now make up Sztum County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gdańsk County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Gdańsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. It includes areas to the east and south of the city of Gdańsk, from which the county takes its name, although the city is not part of its territory. The county seat and only town in Gdańsk County is Pruszcz Gdański, which lies 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of central Gdańsk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kwidzyn County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Kwidzyn County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern 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 Kwidzyn, which lies 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Prabuty, lying 18 km (11 mi) east of Kwidzyn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poznań County</span> County in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Poznań County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-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 is the city of Poznań, although the city is not part of the county. The county's administrative offices are in the Jeżyce neighbourhood of Poznań.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gmina</span> Municipal-level administrative division of Poland

The gmina is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 1 January 2019, there were 2,477 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. Nine hundred and forty gminy include cities and towns, with 302 among them constituting an independent urban gmina consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mińsk County</span> County in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Mińsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was (re)created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Mińsk Mazowiecki, which lies 39 kilometres (24 mi) east of Warsaw. The county contains three other towns: Sulejówek, 21 km (13 mi) west of Mińsk Mazowiecki, Halinów, 16 km (10 mi) west of Mińsk Mazowiecki, and Kałuszyn, 17 km (11 mi) east of Mińsk Mazowiecki.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Administrative divisions of Poland</span>

The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships (provinces); these are further divided into powiats, and these in turn are divided into gminas. Major cities normally have the status of both gmina and powiat. Poland currently has 16 voivodeships, 380 powiats, and 2,478 gminas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leszno County</span> County in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Leszno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-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 is the city of Leszno, although the city is not part of the county. The only towns in Leszno County are Rydzyna, which lies 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Leszno, and Osieczna, 10 km (6 mi) north-east of Leszno.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nowy Dwór County, Pomeranian Voivodeship</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Nowy Dwór Gdański County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nowy Dwór Gdański, which lies 36 kilometres (22 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Krynica Morska, lying 29 km (18 mi) north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, on the Vistula Spit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Słupsk County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Słupsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Słupsk, although the city is not part of the county. The only towns in Słupsk County are Ustka, a coastal resort 18 km (11 mi) north-west of Słupsk, and Kępice, 27 km (17 mi) south of Słupsk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wejherowo County</span> County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Wejherowo County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. 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 Wejherowo, which lies 36 kilometres (22 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county also contains the towns of Rumia, lying 11 km (7 mi) east of Wejherowo, and Reda, 7 km (4 mi) east of Wejherowo. Rumia, Reda and Wejherowo are contiguous, and are referred to as the Kashubian Tricity, an allusion to the larger Tricity area centred on Gdańsk.