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The following is a list of the Voivodeships within Greater Poland at various points over the period from the mid-16th century until the late 18th century: Poznań Voivodeship (województwo poznańskie, Poznań) Kalisz Voivodeship (województwo kaliskie, Kalisz) Gniezno Voivodeship (województwo gnieźnieńskie, Gniezno) from 1768
Similarly, the area around Radom, which historically is part of Lesser Poland, is located in the Masovian Voivodeship. Also, the Pomeranian Voivodeship includes only the eastern extreme of historical Pomerania, as the western part is in Germany and the eastern border has shifted again and again. Division of Poland into voivodeships and powiats ...
In 1973, Polish voivodeships were changed again. This reorganization of administrative division of Poland was mainly a result of local government reform acts of 1973 to 1975. A three-level administrative division (voivodeship, county, commune) was replaced with a two-level administrative division (49 small voivodeships and communes).
Lesser Poland Voivodeship: 0.891 5 Silesian Voivodeship: 0.889 6 Greater Poland Voivodeship: 0.887 – Poland: 0.881: 7 Podlaskie Voivodeship: 0.875 8 Łódź Voivodeship: 0.874 9 West Pomeranian Voivodeship: 0.873 10 Opole Voivodeship: 0.872 11 Podkarpackie Voivodeship: 0.871 12 Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship: 0.869 Lubusz Voivodeship: 13
Eventually by 1921 Poland would have 15 voivodeships, the Warsaw capital city-voivodeship and the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (the system known as 15+1+1). Additionally, the creation of the new Sandomierz Voivodeship was planned for late 1939. The lower level of administration, below voivodeships, were powiats (counties). They were subject ...
The voivodeships of Poland from 1975 to 1998 were created as part of a two-tier method for administering the country and its regions. Between June 1, 1975, and December 31, 1998, pursuant to a law proclaimed on May 28, 1975, Poland was administratively divided into 49 voivodeships, consolidating and eliminating the intermediate administrative ...
The following is an alphabetical list of all 380 county-level entities in Poland.. A county or powiat (pronounced povyat, /pɔv.jät/) is the second level of Polish administrative division, between the voivodeship (provinces) and the gmina (municipalities or communes; plural "gminy").
A voivodeship (/ ˈ v ɔɪ v oʊ d ʃ ɪ p / VOY-vohd-ship) or voivodate is the area administered by a voivode (governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. . Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval states, much as the title of voivode was equivalent to th