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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 ...
After the war, Mrągowo remained a rural town with approximately 10,000 inhabitants; this number stayed almost constant until the late 1980s. In the following decade, mostly due to economic and political changes, the town gained some influence in the region and grew quickly into a regional center for economic business and tourism.
Villages in Lesser Poland Voivodeship (19 C) Villages in Łódź Voivodeship (21 C) Villages in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (26 C) Villages in Lublin Voivodeship (20 C)
This category is intended for places in Poland which formerly held town status at the time it either: amalgamated with another municipality; was annexed by a larger municipality; or; dissolved to become part of a surrounding rural municipality.
Poland's administrative divisions, as of 1 January 2020, with voivodeship, county, gmina and towns in urban-rural gminas shown. Poland has a three-tier administrative division since 1999. On the first level, Poland is divided into 16 voivodeships (Polish: województwa , singular – województwo ).
Lubin (Polish: ⓘ; German: Lüben, Silesian: Lubin) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town forms a separate urban gmina. As of 2021, the city had a total ...
Wilamowice (Polish: [vilamɔˈvit͡sɛ]; earlier Willamowice; German: Wilmesau; Wymysorys: Wymysoü [ˈvɨmɨsɔy̯], Silesian: Wilamowicy) is a rural town in southern Poland, situated in the Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town is inhabited by a Germanic ethnic group of Vilamovians, who speak the highly endangered Wymysorys language. [2]
The following is a list of towns of Poland which lost their town status. 21st century 20th century : 1985 – 1977 – 1975 – 1973 – 1972 – 1959 – 1957 – 1956 – 1954 – 1950 – 1948 – 1946 – 1945 – 1939 – 1934 – 1932 – 1928 – 1921 – 1919 – 1915 – 1914