Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Województwo świętokrzyskie | |
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![]() Location within Poland | |
![]() Division into counties | |
Coordinates(Kielce): 50°53′N20°37′E / 50.883°N 20.617°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital | Kielce |
Counties | |
Government | |
• Body | Executive board |
• Voivode | Zbigniew Koniusz (PiS) |
• Marshal | Andrzej Bętkowski (PiS) |
• EP | Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie |
Area | |
• Total | 11,672 km2 (4,507 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,237,369 |
• Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
• Urban | 562,221 |
• Rural | 675,148 |
ISO 3166 code | PL-26 |
Vehicle registration | T |
HDI (2019) | 0.866 [1] very high · 12th |
Website | https://www.kielce.uw.gov.pl/ |
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Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, [2] or Świętokrzyskie Province, [3] literally in English Holy Cross Voivodeship or Province (Polish : województwo świętokrzyskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ɕfjɛntɔˈkʂɨskʲɛ] ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It is situated in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) mountain range. Its capital and largest city is Kielce.
Świętokrzyskie Province is bounded by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north, Lublin to the east, Subcarpathian to the southeast, Lesser Poland to the south, Silesian to the southwest and Łódź to the northwest.
The province was created on 1 January 1999, out of the former Kielce Voivodeship, eastern part of Częstochowa Voivodeship and western part of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of 11,672 square kilometres (4,507 sq mi), making it the second smallest of the voivodeships (after Opole). As at 2019, the total population of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is 1,237,369.
The voivodeship contains 4 cities and 39 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2019 [4] ):
Towns:
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties (powiats): 1 city county and 13 land counties. These are further divided into 102 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
English and Polish names | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
City counties | |||||
Kielce | 110 | 195,266 | 1 | ||
Land counties | |||||
Kielce County powiat kielecki | 2,247 | 210,940 | Kielce * | Chęciny, Chmielnik, Daleszyce, Bodzentyn | 19 |
Ostrowiec County powiat ostrowiecki | 616 | 109,512 | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski | Ćmielów, Kunów | 6 |
Starachowice County powiat starachowicki | 523 | 89,925 | Starachowice | Wąchock | 5 |
Jędrzejów County powiat jędrzejowski | 1,257 | 85,757 | Jędrzejów | Sędziszów, Małogoszcz | 9 |
Końskie County powiat konecki | 1,140 | 80,154 | Końskie | Stąporków, Radoszyce | 8 |
Sandomierz County powiat sandomierski | 676 | 77,352 | Sandomierz | Koprzywnica, Zawichost | 9 |
Skarżysko County powiat skarżyski | 395 | 74,343 | Skarżysko-Kamienna | Suchedniów | 5 |
Staszów County powiat staszowski | 925 | 72,000 | Staszów | Połaniec, Osiek, Szydłów, Oleśnica | 8 |
Busko County powiat buski | 967 | 71,807 | Busko-Zdrój | Pacanów, Nowy Korczyn | 8 |
Opatów County powiat opatowski | 912 | 52,336 | Opatów | Ożarów | 8 |
Włoszczowa County powiat włoszczowski | 906 | 45,137 | Włoszczowa | 6 | |
Pińczów County powiat pińczowski | 611 | 39,100 | Pińczów | Działoszyce | 5 |
Kazimierza County powiat kazimierski | 422 | 35,770 | Kazimierza Wielka | Skalbmierz | 5 |
* seat not part of the county | |||||
The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 11.6 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.3% of the Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 15,400 € or 51% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 58% of the EU average. Świętokrzyskie Voivodship is the province with the fifth lowest GDP per capita in Poland. [5]
Protected areas in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship include one National Park and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
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Lublin Voivodeship, or Lublin Province, is a voivodeship, or region, located in southeastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and (partially) Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships, pursuant to Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lublin, and its territory is made of four historical lands: the western part of the voivodeship, with Lublin itself, belongs to Lesser Poland, the eastern part of Lublin Area belongs to Red Ruthenia, and the northeast belongs to Polesie and Podlasie.
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Gmina Chęciny is an urban-rural gmina in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chęciny, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kielce.
Gmina Nowiny is a rural gmina in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowiny, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kielce.
Gmina Suchedniów is an urban-rural gmina in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Suchedniów, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Skarżysko-Kamienna and 25 km (16 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce.
Małopolska Upland is an upland located in southern part of Poland, in the historic region of Lesser Poland. It extends from the valley of the upper Vistula, between Kraków and Sandomierz, to Opoczno and Radomsko in the northwest. Average height is between 200 and 400 meters above sea level, with the highest peak being the Łysica in the Holy Cross Mountains. Major cities of the region are Kielce, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and, Skarżysko-Kamienna.
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