Masovian Voivodeship Totally Explained

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Masovian Voivodeship (also known as Masovia Province, or by its Polish name of województwo mazowieckie or simply Mazowieckie) is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies of east-central Poland, and has 5.16 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.7 million) in the centre, Radom (226,000) in the south, Płock (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.
The province was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazowsze (sometimes rendered in English as "Masovia"), with which it's roughly coterminous. However, it must be noted that southern part of the voivodeship, with the city of Radom, historically belongs to Malopolska.
It is bordered by six other voivodeships: Warmian-Masurian to the north, Podlachian to the north-east, Lublin to the south-east, Świętokrzyskie to the south, Łódź to the south-west, and Kuyavian-Pomeranian to the north-west.

Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 85 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 (External Link

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1. Warsaw (1,700,536)
2. Radom (226,372)
3. Płock (127,307)
4. Siedlce (77,047)
5. Pruszków (55,387)
6. Ostrołęka (53,758)
7. Legionowo (50,698)
8. Ciechanów (45,902)
9. Otwock (43,247)
10. Żyrardów (41,161)
11. Sochaczew (37,925)
12. Mińsk Mazowiecki (37,808)
13. Piaseczno (37,508)
14. Wołomin (36,711)
15. Mława (29,702)
16. Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (27,545)
17. Grodzisk Mazowiecki (27,055)
18. Wyszków (27,010)
19. Ząbki (24,422)
20. Marki (23,376)
21. Piastów (23,273)
22. Ostrów Mazowiecka (22,560)
23. Płońsk (22,233)
24. Pionki (19,788)
25. Pułtusk (19,229)
26. Gostynin (19,119)
27. Sierpc (18,791)
28. Sulejówek (18,676)
29. Kozienice (18,541)
30. Sokołów Podlaski (18,419)
31. Józefów (18,353)
32. Kobyłka (17,897)
33. Zielonka (17,180)
34. Przasnysz (17,069)
35. Konstancin-Jeziorna (16,579)
36. Garwolin (16,072)
37. Łomianki (15,744)
38. Milanówek (15,660)
39. Grójec (14,990)
40. Węgrów (12,606)
41. Błonie (12,259)
42. Szydłowiec (12,030)
43. Brwinów (11,968)
44. Góra Kalwaria (11,130)
45. Warka (11,028)
46. Karczew (10,396)
47. Maków Mazowiecki (9,880)
48. Żuromin (8,647)
49. Ożarów Mazowiecki (8,237)
50. Zwoleń (8,176)
51. Radzymin (7,864)
52. Nasielsk (7,364)
53. Białobrzegi (7,320)
54. Tłuszcz (7,283)
55. Łosice (7,252)
56. Łochów (6,452)
57. Przysucha (6,245)
58. Mszczonów (6,231)
59. Lipsko (5,826)
60. Iłża (5,165)
61. Łaskarzew (4,908)
62. Raciąż (4,752)
63. Pilawa (4,196)
64. Gąbin (4,137)
65. Żelechów (4,016)
66. Skaryszew (3,989)
67. Tarczyn (3,886)
68. Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą (3,832)
69. Podkowa Leśna (3,824)
70. Serock (3,721)
71. Halinów (3,369)
72. Zakroczym (3,367)
73. Glinojeck (3,052)
74. Myszyniec (3,014)
75. Drobin (2,980)
76. Kałuszyn (2,905)
77. Chorzele (2,783)
78. Wyszogród (2,772)
79. Różan (2,661)
80. Mogielnica (2,461)
81. Kosów Lacki (2,135)
82. Bieżuń (1,874)
83. Brok (1,859)
84. Mordy (1,840)
85. Wyśmierzyce (889)

Administrative division

Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties (powiats): 5 city counties (miasto na prawach powiatu) and 37 "land counties" (powiat ziemski). These are subdivided into 314 gminas, which include 85 "urban gminas".
The counties are shown on the numbered map and listed in the table below.

Map ref.	English and Polish names	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
City counties
1	Warsaw Warszawa	517	1,700,536			1
(2)	Ostrołęka	29	53,758			1
(3)	Płock	88	127,307			1
(4)	Radom	112	226,372			1
(5)	Siedlce	32	77,047			1
Land counties
2	Ostrołęka County powiat ostrołęcki	2,099	84,344	Ostrołęka *	Myszyniec	11
3	Płock County powiat płocki	1,799	106,455	Płock *	Gąbin, Drobin, Wyszogród	15
4	Radom County powiat radomski	1,530	145,232	Radom *	Pionki, Iłża, Skaryszew	13
5	Siedlce County powiat siedlecki	1,603	80,560	Siedlce *	Mordy	13
6	Żuromin County powiat żuromiński	805	40,078	Żuromin	Bieżuń	6
7	Mława County powiat mławski	1,182	73,355	Mława		10
8	Przasnysz County powiat przasnyski	1,218	52,948	Przasnysz	Chorzele	7
9	Ciechanów County powiat ciechanowski	1,063	91,050	Ciechanów	Glinojeck	9
10	Sierpc County powiat sierpecki	853	53,811	Sierpc		7
11	Maków County powiat makowski	1,065	46,474	Maków Mazowiecki	Różan	10
12	Ostrów Mazowiecka County powiat ostrowski	1,218	75,073	Ostrów Mazowiecka	Brok	11
13	Płońsk County powiat płoński	1,384	87,430	Płońsk	Raciąż	12
14	Pułtusk County powiat pułtuski	829	51,033	Pułtusk		7
15	Wyszków County powiat wyszkowski	876	71,558	Wyszków		6
16	Gostynin County powiat gostyniński	616	47,034	Gostynin		5
17	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County powiat nowodworski	692	75,736	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Nasielsk, Zakroczym	6
18	Legionowo County powiat legionowski	390	96,497	Legionowo	Serock	5
19	Wołomin County powiat wołomiński	955	202,444	Wołomin	Ząbki, Marki, Kobyłka, Zielonka, Radzymin, Tłuszcz	12
20	Węgrów County powiat węgrowski	1,219	67,823	Węgrów	Łochów	9
21	Sokołów County powiat sokołowski	1,131	56,823	Sokołów Podlaski	Kosów Lacki	9
22	Sochaczew County powiat sochaczewski	731	83,318	Sochaczew		8
23	Warsaw West County powiat warszawski zachodni	533	100,965	Ożarów Mazowiecki	Łomianki, Błonie	7
24	Mińsk County powiat miński	1,164	141,048	Mińsk Mazowiecki	Sulejówek, Halinów, Kałuszyn	13
25	Łosice County powiat łosicki	772	32,769	Łosice		6
26	Żyrardów County powiat żyrardowski	533	74,662	Żyrardów	Mszczonów	5
27	Grodzisk Mazowiecki County powiat grodziski	367	78,208	Grodzisk Mazowiecki	Milanówek, Podkowa Leśna	6
28	Pruszków County powiat pruszkowski	246	145,870	Pruszków	Piastów, Brwinów	6
29	Piaseczno County powiat piaseczyński	621	145,276	Piaseczno	Konstancin-Jeziorna, Góra Kalwaria, Tarczyn	6
30	Otwock County powiat otwocki	615	116,086	Otwock	Józefów, Karczew	8
31	Grójec County powiat grójecki	1,269	96,489	Grójec	Warka, Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, Mogielnica	10
32	Garwolin County powiat garwoliński	1,284	106,227	Garwolin	Łaskarzew, Pilawa, Żelechów	14
33	Białobrzegi County powiat białobrzeski	639	33,545	Białobrzegi	Wyśmierzyce	6
34	Kozienice County powiat kozienicki	917	61,614	Kozienice		7
35	Przysucha County powiat przysuski	801	43,822	Przysucha		8
36	Zwoleń County powiat zwoleński	571	37,183	Zwoleń		5
37	Szydłowiec County powiat szydłowiecki	452	40,083	Szydłowiec		5
38	Lipsko County powiat lipski	748	36,669	Lipsko		6
* seat not part of the county

Historical

Masovian Voivodeship (1526-1795)

Masovia Voivodeship, 1526-1795 was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 15th century until the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeships, it formed the province (prowincja) of Masovia.

Masovian Voivodeship (1816-1837)

Masovian Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland. It was formed from Warsaw Department, and transformed into Masovia Governorate.

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