Łódź Voivodeship

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Województwo łódzkie

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Flag	Coat of arms

Capital city

Łódź

Area

18,219 km²

Population (2003)
- Density

2,597,000
142.5/km²

Powiats
- Urban counties
- Land counties

3
21

Communes

177

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Łódź Voivodeship (1) (Polish: województwo łódzkie) is an administrative region of central Poland created January 1, 1999, out of the former Łódź which existed from 1975 until 1999, Sieradz, Piotrków Trybunalski, Skierniewice and part of Płock voivodeships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls that of the region's largest city, Łódź.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Below is a list of the powiats (counties) in Łódź Voivodeship.

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

Nowak : 15,460
Kowalski : 15,005
Kowalczyk : 13,121

[edit] History

The capital of the Łódź Voivodeship has always been Łódź, but the area of land which it comprises has changed several times. The first was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland (Second Polish Republic) in the years 1921-1939. In 1938 some western counties were ceded to Greater Poland Voivodeship.

The next incarnation existed from 1945 until 1975. The City of Łódź was excluded as a separate City Voivodeship. It was later broken up, superseded by Łódź (see below), Sieradz, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Skierniewice and partly Plock

Łódź Voivodeship, also known as Łódź Metropolitan Voivodeship (województwo miejskie łódzkie) existed in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by the present Łódź Voivodeship. The President of the City of Łódź was also the voivodeship governor.

As of 1995, major cities and towns in the third definition included (with their 1995 populations)

Łódź (825,600);
Pabianice (75,700);
Zgierz (59,100);
Ozorków (21,900);
Aleksandrów Łódzki (20,400).

Łódź Voivodeship counties	Image:POL województwo łódzkie COA.svg
City counties: Łódź \| Piotrków Trybunalski \| Skierniewice
Land counties: Bełchatów \| Brzeziny \| Kutno \| Łask \| Łowicz \| Łódź East \| Opoczno \| Pabianice \| Pajęczno \| Piotrków \| Poddębice \| Radomsko \| Rawa \| Sieradz \| Skierniewice \| Tomaszów Mazowiecki \| Wieluń \| Wieruszów \| Zduńska Wola \| Zgierz