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Map of Polish Regions Archived 2005-04-16 at the Wayback Machine; Administrative division of Poland (from Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside Poland website, in English) Archived 2006-09-25 at the Wayback Machine; Official map by Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography Archived 2007-03-11 at archive.today
Between 1975 and 1998 there had been 49 smaller "voivodeships" and no powiats (see subdivisions of the Polish People's Republic). The reform created 16 larger voivodeships (largely based on and named after historical regions) and reintroduced powiats. The boundaries of the voivodeships do not always reflect the historical borders of Polish regions.
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).
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 ...
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
Proposed voivodeships of Poland (3 P) S. Silesian Voivodeship (12 C, 30 P) Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (13 C, 11 P) V. Voivodes of Poland (5 C, 37 P) W.
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
Values are shown in euros in the original source. All values are rounded to the nearest hundred. Except Warsaw metropolitan area, which is within Mazowieckie, all areas below are Voivodeships of Poland. Regions of Poland by GDP (2021). Map key: > €100 bil. > €50 bil. > €25 bil. > €10 bil.