City with powiat rights explained
A city with powiat rights (Polish: miasto na prawach powiatu) is in Poland a designation denoting 66 of the 107 cities (the urban gminas which are governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta) which exercise also the powers and duties of a county (Polish: powiat), thus being an independent city.[1] [2] They have roughly the same status as former county boroughs in the United Kingdom.
Sometimes, such a city will also be referred to in Polish as city county (Polish: powiat grodzki); this term however is not official (it was used during the interwar times of the Second Polish Republic). The contemporary term city with powiat rights should not be used interchangeably with the interwar city county.
Such cities are distinct from and independent of the 314 regular powiats (sometimes referred as 'land counties' (Polish: powiaty ziemskie), again a term that was used in the interwar period and is not used in modern Polish law).
List of cities with powiat rights
| City county | Voivodeship | Area (km²) | Population |
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| Biała Podlaska | Lublin | 49.40 | 58,010 |
| Białystok | Podlaskie | 102.12 | 295,210 |
| Bielsko-Biała | Silesian | 124.51 | 176,678 |
| Bydgoszcz | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 175 | 364,953 |
| Bytom | Silesian | 69.43 | 187,205 |
| Chełm | Lublin | 35.28 | 67,989 |
| Chorzów | Silesian | 33.5 | 114,434 |
| Częstochowa | Silesian | 160 | 246,129 |
| Dąbrowa Górnicza | Silesian | 188 | 129,753 |
| Elbląg | Warmian-Masurian | 80 | 127,055 |
| Gdańsk | Pomeranian | 262 | 457,630 |
| Gdynia | Pomeranian | 136 | 250,443 |
| Gliwice | Silesian | 134.20 | 205,000 |
| Gorzów Wielkopolski | Lubusz | 54 | 67,999 |
| Grudziądz | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 57.76 | 99,299 |
| Jastrzębie-Zdrój | Silesian | 85.44 | 95,149 |
| Jaworzno | Silesian | 152.2 | 96,051 |
| Jelenia Góra | Lower Silesian | 109.22 | 86,663 |
| Kalisz | Greater Poland | 70 | 108,575 |
| Katowice | Silesian | 164.67 | 425,000 |
| Kielce | Świętokrzyskie | 109.65 | 207,718 |
| Konin | Greater Poland | 82 | 80,618 |
| Koszalin | West Pomeranian | 84 | 107,783 |
| Kraków | Lesser Poland | 327 | 756,757 |
| Krosno | Subcarpathian | 43.48 | 47,693 |
| Legnica | Lower Silesian | 56.29 | 105,485 |
| Leszno | Greater Poland | 31.9 | 64,079 |
| Łódź | Łódź | 293.25 | 764,168 |
| Łomża | Podlaskie | 32.72 | 63,572 |
| Lublin | Lublin | 147 | 354,272 |
| Mysłowice | Silesian | 65.57 | 74,988 |
| Nowy Sącz | Lesser Poland | 57 | 84,594 |
| Olsztyn | Warmian-Masurian | 88.328 | 174,693 |
| Opole | Opole | 96.2 | 128,034 |
| Ostrołęka | Masovian | 29.00 | 53,758 |
| Piekary Śląskie | Silesian | 40 | 59,494 |
| Piotrków Trybunalski | Łódź | 67.27 | 79,367 |
| Płock | Masovian | 88.06 | 127,307 |
| Poznań | Greater Poland | 261.85 | 501,546 |
| Przemyśl | Subcarpathian | 44 | 66,715 |
| Radom | Masovian | 111.71 | 226,372 |
| Ruda Śląska | Silesian | 77.7 | 145,929 |
| Rybnik | Silesian | 148 | 141,382 |
| Rzeszów | Subcarpathian | 77.31 | 163,155 |
| Siedlce | Masovian | 32 | 77,047 |
| Siemianowice Śląskie | Silesian | 25.5 | 72,451 |
| Skierniewice | Łódź | 32.6 | 48,761 |
| Słupsk | Pomeranian | 43.15 | 98,402 |
| Sopot | Pomeranian | 17.31 | 39,836 |
| Sosnowiec | Silesian | 91.26 | 225,202 |
| Suwałki | Podlaskie | 65.24 | 69,234 |
| Świętochłowice | Silesian | 13.22 | 55,172 |
| Świnoujście | West Pomeranian | 210 | 40,899 |
| Szczecin | West Pomeranian | 378 | 489,809 |
| Tarnobrzeg | Subcarpathian | 85.6 | 50,033 |
| Tarnów | Lesser Poland | 72.4 | 117,109 |
| Toruń | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 115.72 | 207,381 |
| Tychy | Silesian | 81.72 | 130,842 |
| Wałbrzych | Lower Silesian | 84.70 | 120,197 |
| Warszawa | Masovian | 514 | 3,310,000 |
| Włocławek | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 84.32 | 119,608 |
| Wrocław | Lower Silesian | 293 | 635,280 |
| Zabrze | Silesian | 80.47 | 190,610 |
| Zamość | Lublin | 30.34 | 66,613 |
| Zielona Góra | Lubusz | 58 | 118,201 |
| Żory | Silesian | 64.64 | 62,625 | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Dz.U. z 1998 r. nr 91, poz. 578 (Sjem of the RP). 2011-04-16. pl.
- Web site: Baza TERYT: Wyszukiwanie. Central Statistical Office. Central Statistical Office (Poland). 2 January 2018. Select "miasta na prawach powiatu" from "kategoria/rodzaj" and press "Wyszukaj". Polish. TERYT Database: Search. 1 September 2018.
