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County Polish name County seat Voivodeship Area Gminy Population Density (per km 2) Aleksandrów County: powiat aleksandrowski: Aleksandrów Kujawski: Kuyavian-Pomeranian: 475.61 km 2: 9: 55,195: 116 Augustów County: powiat augustowski: Augustów: Podlaskie: 1658.27 km 2: 7: 58,966: 36 Bartoszyce County: powiat bartoszycki: Bartoszyce: Warmian ...
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 (counties or districts), and these in turn are divided into gminas (communes or municipalities). Major cities normally have the status of both ...
A voivodeship (/ ˈ v ɔɪ v oʊ d ʃ ɪ p / VOY-vohd-ship; Polish: województwo [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ] ⓘ; plural: województwa [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfa]) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.
Map of Poland. 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.
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
Poland was a diverse country before World War II, with only around 2/3 of the population being ethnically Polish. Due to German and Soviet war-time resettlements and genocides, and after-war population transfers, post-war Poland was one of the most ethnically homogenous countries in Europe and stayed that way until the 21st century.
The cities on county rights, for emphasis, have been given in bold. Population count and population density is given as of 30 June 2020. [14] Area, in km², is given as of 1 January 2020 [15] Average population increase is given in per milles (‰) and has been averaged per annum for 2017-2020.
Poland has a population of approximately 38.2 million as of 2021, and is the ninth-most populous country in Europe, as well as the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. [287] It has a population density of 122 inhabitants per square kilometre (320 inhabitants/sq mi). [ 288 ]