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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
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During the second half of the 1970s eight towns lost their civic rights and were merged into neighbouring cities, while several cities that had previously lost their identity and absorbed into metropolitan conurbations regained their independence:
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During 1991 and 1992 the large municipalities were restructured, significantly changing the division of powers between the provincial cities and the surrounding rural communities (Laws of 1991, ch. 2, sec. 9, ch. 3, sec. 12 and ch. 87, sec. 397).
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The scheme meant that most voivodeships had fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants. Each voivodeship took its name from a small- or medium-sized town situated near its centre, which would become its capital.
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Through administrative reorganization and the new territorial division, Gierek was able to nominate his supporters to provincial committees and break the hold of older elements of the party.
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107:. The appointed mayor of each voivodeship's capital city also served as the provincial governor. Initially, the city of Wrocław was a separate administrative division within the
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Poland introduced a further reform of local government administration, establishing the present 16 voivodeships with new districts.
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1880:("Polish History 1914-1998, 7th Edition"), Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1999, p. 330.
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to strengthen control over lower layers of the state apparatus. After
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had the status of a metropolitan voivodeship, and the
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61:, his clique maintained power by dividing the
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26:voivodeships of Poland from 1975 to 1998
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1172:Piotrków Trybunalski
190:List of voivodeships
536:Gorzów Wielkopolski
109:Wrocław Voivodeship
99:Kraków Voivodeships
168:Miasteczko Śląskie
104:urban voivodeships
91:Warsaw Voivodeship
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48:
40:
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27:
18:
1877:
1872:
1832:Zielona Góra
1825:Zielona Góra
1436:Skierniewice
1429:Skierniewice
578:Jelenia Góra
571:Jelenia Góra
545:Wielkopolski
205:Voivodeship
193:
144:Międzyzdroje
132:
129:
117:
113:
102:
101:were called
89:
70:
67:
44:
35:
25:
23:
1827:Voivodeship
1794:Voivodeship
1761:Voivodeship
1728:Voivodeship
1695:Voivodeship
1662:Voivodeship
1629:Voivodeship
1596:Voivodeship
1563:Voivodeship
1530:Voivodeship
1497:Voivodeship
1464:Voivodeship
1431:Voivodeship
1398:Voivodeship
1365:Voivodeship
1332:Voivodeship
1299:Voivodeship
1266:Voivodeship
1233:Voivodeship
1200:Voivodeship
1167:Voivodeship
1134:Voivodeship
1101:Voivodeship
1068:Voivodeship
1035:Voivodeship
1002:Voivodeship
969:Voivodeship
936:Voivodeship
903:Voivodeship
870:Voivodeship
837:Voivodeship
804:Voivodeship
771:Voivodeship
738:Voivodeship
705:Voivodeship
672:Voivodeship
639:Voivodeship
606:Voivodeship
573:Voivodeship
538:Voivodeship
505:Voivodeship
472:Voivodeship
444:Częstochowa
439:Voivodeship
437:Częstochowa
406:Voivodeship
373:Voivodeship
340:Voivodeship
307:Voivodeship
274:Voivodeship
241:Voivodeship
1773:1,136,700
1707:2,419,800
1568:Tarnobrzeg
1561:Tarnobrzeg
1245:1,363,600
1080:1,022,100
981:1,099,700
915:1,027,300
783:1,245,000
684:1,131,700
651:3,894,900
517:1,469,400
352:1,136,900
218:Population
208:Provincial
180:Radzionków
1733:Włocławek
1726:Włocławek
1667:Wałbrzych
1660:Wałbrzych
1106:Ostrołęka
1099:Ostrołęka
1007:Nowy Sącz
1000:Nowy Sącz
411:Ciechanów
404:Ciechanów
345:Bydgoszcz
338:Bydgoszcz
279:Białystok
272:Białystok
202:location
160:Rydułtowy
156:Wojkowice
63:Politburo
53:replaced
29:level of
1898:Category
1852:See also
1839:679,300
1806:489,300
1740:434,700
1693:Warszawa
1674:733,000
1641:674,800
1608:700,800
1575:609,100
1542:995,200
1535:Szczecin
1528:Szczecin
1509:489,200
1476:429,700
1443:423,700
1410:411,500
1377:661,400
1344:648,900
1311:763,300
1278:415,600
1271:Przemyśl
1264:Przemyśl
1212:520,900
1179:642,200
1165:Piotrków
1146:496,900
1113:411,600
1047:778,200
1014:747,500
948:352,900
882:399,500
849:525,600
816:510,100
750:527,600
743:Koszalin
736:Koszalin
717:480,800
644:Katowice
637:Katowice
618:724,800
585:523,700
552:514,300
484:495,100
451:779,600
418:437,400
385:248,800
319:927,500
286:701,400
253:309,900
213:Area, km
210:capital
31:counties
1766:Wrocław
1759:Wrocław
1506:10,490
1502:Suwałki
1495:Suwałki
1403:Sieradz
1396:Sieradz
1370:Siedlce
1363:Siedlce
1337:Rzeszów
1330:Rzeszów
1044:12,327
1040:Olsztyn
1033:Olsztyn
842:Legnica
835:Legnica
543:Gorzów,
349:10,349
283:10,055
223:Cities
220:(1998)
215:(1998)
172:Imielin
152:Lędziny
140:Sławków
118:In the
85:Wrocław
41:History
1884:
1836:8,868
1803:6,980
1799:Zamość
1792:Zamość
1770:6,287
1737:4,402
1704:3,788
1700:Warsaw
1671:4,168
1638:5,348
1605:4,151
1601:Tarnów
1594:Tarnów
1572:6,283
1539:9,982
1473:7,453
1469:Słupsk
1462:Słupsk
1440:3,960
1407:4,868
1374:8,499
1341:4,397
1308:7,294
1275:4,437
1242:8,151
1238:Poznań
1231:Poznań
1209:5,117
1176:6,266
1143:8,205
1110:6,498
1077:8,535
1011:5,576
978:1,524
945:6,684
912:6,792
908:Lublin
901:Lublin
879:4,154
875:Leszno
868:Leszno
846:4,037
813:5,702
809:Krosno
802:Krosno
780:3,254
776:Kraków
769:Kraków
747:8,470
714:5,139
681:9,211
677:Kielce
670:Kielce
648:6,650
615:6,512
611:Kalisz
604:Kalisz
582:4,379
549:8,484
514:7,394
510:Gdańsk
503:Gdańsk
481:6,103
477:Elbląg
470:Elbląg
448:6,182
415:6,362
382:3,866
316:3,704
250:5,348
226:Gmina
184:Zagórz
176:Radlin
148:Bieruń
136:Poręba
126:Cities
81:Kraków
73:Warsaw
1864:Notes
1634:Toruń
1627:Toruń
1304:Radom
1297:Radom
1205:Płock
1198:Płock
1073:Opole
1066:Opole
941:Łomża
934:Łomża
710:Konin
703:Konin
378:Chełm
371:Chełm
164:Pszów
1882:ISBN
1139:Piła
1132:Piła
974:Łódź
967:Łódź
182:and
97:and
95:Łódź
83:and
77:Łódź
24:The
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1515:42
1512:14
1482:31
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1449:36
1416:40
1383:66
1380:12
1350:41
1347:13
1317:61
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951:12
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200:Map
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