Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships of Poland. The capitals are Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
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Województwo kujawsko-pomorskie | |
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.png) Location within Poland | |
 Division into counties | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Seats | Bydgoszcz (governor), Toruń (assembly) |
| Counties | 4 cities, 19 land counties *
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| Government | |
| • Voivode | Mikołaj Bogdanowicz (PiS) |
| • Marshal | Piotr Całbecki (PO) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,969 km2 (6,938 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,098,370 |
| • Density | 116.777/km2 (302.452/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,280,006 |
| • Rural | 818,364 |
| ISO 3166 code | PL-04 |
| Vehicle registration | C |
| HDI (2017) | 0.845[1] very high · 8th |
| Website | http://www.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl |
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Administrative division
The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 23 counties (powiats): 4 city counties and 19 land counties. These are further divided into 144 gminas.
| English and Polish names |
Area (km²) |
Population (2007)[2] |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Bydgoszcz | 175 | 361,222 | 1 | ||
| Toruń | 116 | 206,619 | 1 | ||
| Włocławek | 84 | 118,432 | 1 | ||
| Grudziądz | 58 | 99,090 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Inowrocław County powiat inowrocławski |
1,225 | 164,571 | Inowrocław | Kruszwica, Janikowo, Gniewkowo, Pakość | 9 |
| Bydgoszcz County powiat bydgoski |
1,395 | 99,386 | Bydgoszcz * | Solec Kujawski, Koronowo | 8 |
| Świecie County powiat świecki |
1,473 | 97,037 | Świecie | Nowe | 11 |
| Toruń County powiat toruński |
1,230 | 91,963 | Toruń * | Chełmża | 9 |
| Włocławek County powiat włocławski |
1,472 | 85,303 | Włocławek * | Brześć Kujawski, Kowal, Lubraniec, Izbica Kujawska, Chodecz, Lubień Kujawski | 13 |
| Nakło County powiat nakielski |
1,120 | 85,050 | Nakło nad Notecią | Szubin, Kcynia, Mrocza | 5 |
| Brodnica County powiat brodnicki |
1,039 | 75,204 | Brodnica | Jabłonowo Pomorskie, Górzno | 10 |
| Żnin County powiat żniński |
985 | 69,736 | Żnin | Barcin, Łabiszyn, Janowiec Wielkopolski | 6 |
| Lipno County powiat lipnowski |
1,016 | 66,063 | Lipno | Skępe, Dobrzyń nad Wisłą | 9 |
| Aleksandrów County powiat aleksandrowski |
476 | 55,367 | Aleksandrów Kujawski | Ciechocinek, Nieszawa | 9 |
| Chełmno County powiat chełmiński |
528 | 51,412 | Chełmno | 7 | |
| Tuchola County powiat tucholski |
1,075 | 47,310 | Tuchola | 6 | |
| Mogilno County powiat mogileński |
676 | 46,833 | Mogilno | Strzelno | 4 |
| Golub-Dobrzyń County powiat golubsko-dobrzyński |
613 | 45,111 | Golub-Dobrzyń | Kowalewo Pomorskie | 6 |
| Rypin County powiat rypiński |
587 | 44,143 | Rypin | 6 | |
| Radziejów County powiat radziejowski |
607 | 41,972 | Radziejów | Piotrków Kujawski | 7 |
| Sępólno County powiat sępoleński |
791 | 40,990 | Sępólno Krajeńskie | Więcbork, Kamień Krajeński | 4 |
| Grudziądz County powiat grudziądzki |
728 | 38,559 | Grudziądz * | Łasin, Radzyń Chełmiński | 6 |
| Wąbrzeźno County powiat wąbrzeski |
501 | 34,763 | Wąbrzeźno | 5 | |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Media
Bydgoszcz is the Voivodeship's largest city and the seat of its Governor (Voivode)
The medieval city of Toruń, birthplace of Nicholas Copernicus, is today the seat of the provincial assembly
Włocławek Cathedral, an example of Polish Gothic architecture
Inowrocław is famous for its large salt spa and resort centre
Brodnica - market square
Więcbork - Jezioro Więcborskie z lotu ptaka
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References
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ↑ "Population size and structure by territorial division as of December 31, 2007", GUS, Warsaw 2008, .pdf Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
