Wilno County, Wilno Land

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Wilno County
County of Central Lithuania and Wilno Land
1920–1921 ( de facto )
1920–1923/1924 ( de jure )
POL powiat wilenski map.svg
Location within Wilno Land
Capital Vilnius
  Type County
History 
13 December 1920
 Informal unification with Troki County
1921
 Formal transformation into Wilno-Troki County
1923/1924
Contained within
  CountryFlaga Litwy Srodkowej.svg Central Lithuania (de facto 1920–1921, de jure 1920–1922)
Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg Second Polish Republic (de jure 1922–1923/1924)
   District Wilno Land (de jure 1922–1923/1924)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Blank.png Vilensky Uyezd
Wilno-Troki County Blank.png
Vilnius Blank.png

Wilno County [a] was a county with capital in Vilnius located in the Republic of Central Lithuania, and later de jure in Wilno Land, Second Polish Republic. Between 1920 and 1922 it was a county in Republic of Central Lithuania, established in place of former Vilensky Uezd, Vilna Governorate. In 1922, following the incorporation of Central Lithuania into Poland, the county become a part of then established Wilno Land. In 1921, the county had informally united with Troki County, and between 1923 and 1924 they had been formally transformed into Wilno and Troki County. [1] In 1921, from the county was separated city of Vilnius, that was reformed into a separate county. [2]

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Administration division

Urban municipalities

Rural municipalities

See also

Notes

  1. Polish: Powiat wileński; Lithuanian: Vilniaus apskritis.

References

  1. Ustrój administracji ogólnej na Wileńszczyźnie w okresie międzywojennym by Michał Gałędek. Gdańsk. Wydawnictwo Historyczne Tabularium. 2012, p. 33-35, 84. ISBN 978-83-63923-01-3.
  2. Dz. U. TKR nr 9 (19), dekret nr 96, 18 February 1921.

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