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The gmina or municipality (frequently translated commune), plural: gminy, is the principal unit (lowest level) of territorial division in Poland. The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County The following is an alphabetical list of all 379 county-level entities in Poland This is a list of all 2478 Gminas of Poland (sometimes called communes or municipalities) A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland As of 2004 there were 2,478 gminas. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The word gmina is derived from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "commune" or "community". The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
Since 1972, when it replaced the smaller gromada, the gmina has been the basic unit of administrative division. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gromada is a Polish word meaning "gathering" "group" or "assembly" There are three types of gmina (commune) in Poland:
- urban gmina (gmina miejska) - consists of just one city or town
- mixed (urban-rural) gmina (gmina miejsko-wiejska) - consists of a town and its surrounding villages
- rural gmina (gmina wiejska) - consists only of villages
Some rural gminas have their seat in a town which is outside the gmina. For example, the rural Gmina Augustów is administered from the town of Augustów, but does not include this town, as Augustów is an urban gmina in its own right. Gmina Augustów is a rural Gmina (administrative district in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland with 29600 inhabitants (1995
An urban gmina is normally referred to by the name of the town in question. Other types of gmina are called Gmina Abcd, where Abcd is the town or village in which the gmina has its seat. However urban-rural gminas are more fully called Miasto i gmina Abcd ("Town and Gmina Abcd"). Gmina X is sometimes translated into English as "X Commune".
The legislative and controlling body of each gmina is the elected municipal council (rada gminy, or in a town rada miasta). Executive power is held by the directly elected mayor of the municipality, called wójt in rural gminas, burmistrz in most urban and urban-rural gminas, or prezydent in towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants and some others which traditionally use the title. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government This article is about the title Vogt For the surname see Vogt (surname.
For a complete listing of all the gminas in Poland, see List of Polish gminas. This is a list of all 2478 Gminas of Poland (sometimes called communes or municipalities)
Numbers of gminas
| Number of gminas by voivodeship | |||||||||||||||||
| Voivodeship | LS | KP | LBL | LBS | ŁD | LP | MS | OP | SK | PL | PM | SL | ŚWK | WM | GP | WP | Poland |
| Urban gminas | 36 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 49 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 307 |
| Urban-rural gminas | 55 | 35 | 21 | 33 | 25 | 42 | 50 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 90 | 51 | 582 |
| Rural gminas | 78 | 92 | 172 | 41 | 134 | 125 | 229 | 36 | 114 | 82 | 81 | 96 | 71 | 67 | 117 | 52 | 1,589 |
| Total gminas | 169 | 144 | 213 | 83 | 177 | 182 | 314 | 71 | 159 | 118 | 123 | 167 | 102 | 116 | 226 | 114 | 2,478 |
| of which: rural gminas with their seat outside the gmina | 14 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 160 |
Abbreviations used for voivodeships:
LS: Lower Silesian Voivodeship, KP: Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, LBL: Lublin Voivodeship, LBS: Lubusz Voivodeship,
ŁD: Łódź Voivodeship, LP: Lesser Poland Voivodeship, MS: Masovian Voivodeship, OP: Opole Voivodeship,
SK: Subcarpathian Voivodeship, PL: Podlachian Voivodeship, PM: Pomeranian Voivodeship, SL: Silesian Voivodeship,
ŚWK: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, WM: Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, GP: Greater Poland Voivodeship, WP: West Pomeranian Voivodeship. This article concerns both historical and contemporary voivodeships in various countries Lower Silesian Voivodeship (also known as Lower Silesia Province or by its Polish name of województwo dolnośląskie {{IPA-pl|d|o|l|n|o|'|ś|l|ą|s|k|j|e}} Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Kuyavia-Pomerania Province or by its Polish name of województwo kujawsko-pomorskie or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie Lublin Voivodeship (also known as Lublin Province or województwo lubelskie or simply Lubelskie) is a voivodeship, or Province, in eastern Poland Lubusz Voivodeship (also known as Lubusz Province or by its Polish name of województwo lubuskie or simply Lubuskie) is a voivodeship (province Łódź Voivodeship (also known as Łódź Province or by its Polish name of województwo łódzkie or simply Łódzkie) is a province ( voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship (also known as Małopolska Province or by its Polish name województwo małopolskie or simply Małopolskie) is a Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship (also known as Masovia Province or by its Polish name of województwo mazowieckie or simply Mazowieckie) is the largest and most Opole Voivodeship (also known as Opole Province or by its Polish name of województwo opolskie or simply Opolskie; Woiwodschaft Oppeln/Oppelner Schlesien Subcarpathian Voivodeship (also known as Podkarpacie Province or by its Polish name of województwo podkarpackie or simply Podkarpackie) is a Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Pomerania Province or by its Polish name of województwo pomorskie {{IPA-pl|p|o|'|m|o|r|s|k|j|e}} or simply Pomorskie Silesian Voivodeship (also known as Silesia Province or by its Polish name of województwo śląskie or simply Śląskie) is a Voivodeship Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (województwo świętokrzyskie or simply Świętokrzyskie) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces into which Poland Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (also known as Warmia-Masuria Province or by its Polish name województwo warmińsko-mazurskie or simply Warmińsko-Mazurskie Greater Poland Voivodeship (also known as Wielkopolska Province or by its Polish name of województwo wielkopolskie or simply Wielkopolskie) is a West Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known by its Polish name of województwo zachodniopomorskie or simply Zachodniopomorskie) is a voivodeship Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
Largest and smallest gminas
| LARGEST | Population (2006 estimate) | Land area in km² | Population density per km² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban commune | Warsaw (1,697,596) | Warsaw (517. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. 22) | Świętochłowice (4,156. Świętochłowice (Schwientochlowitz 1941-1945 Schwingen) is a city in Silesia, Southern Poland with about 55500 inhabitants (2005 80) |
| Rural commune | Gmina Chełmiec (24,344) | Gmina Wałcz (574. Gmina Chełmiec is a rural Gmina (administrative district in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Gmina Wałcz is a rural Gmina (administrative district in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. 89) | Gmina Buczkowice (542. Gmina Buczkowice is a rural Gmina (administrative district in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. 70) |
| Urban-rural commune | Gmina Piaseczno (61,525) | Gmina Pisz (633. Gmina Piaseczno is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Gmina Pisz is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. 69) | Gmina Wołomin (801. Gmina Wołomin is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. 69) |
| Urban-rural commune (town only) | Gmina Nysa: Nysa (47,545) | Gmina Szczytna: Szczytna (80. Gmina Nysa is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Nysa (Neisse or Neiße) is a Town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47545 inhabitants (2006 official estimate situated Gmina Szczytna is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Szczytna Subcarpathian Voivodeship Szczytna (Rückers is a town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. 38) | Gmina Swarzędz: Swarzędz (3,469. Gmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Swarzędz is a town ( miasto) in central Poland of 29766 inhabitants and a mixed urban-rural commune ( gmina miejsko-wiejska) of 40166 inhabitants 23) |
| Urban-rural commune (rural part only) | Gmina Wieliczka: rural part (28,864) | Gmina Pisz: rural part (623. Gmina Wieliczka is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Gmina Pisz is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. 61) | Gmina Świątniki Górne: rural part (407. Gmina Świątniki Górne is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. 86) |
| SMALLEST | Population (2006 estimate) | Land area in km² | Population density per km² |
| Urban commune | Krynica Morska (1,364) | Górowo Iławeckie (3. Krynica Morska ( Polish formerly Łysica (1945-1958 Kahlberg is a town and coextensive municipality ( Gmina) in northern Poland Górowo Iławeckie (Landsberg (Ostpreußen is a town in Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4550 inhabitants (2006 32) | Krynica Morska (11. Krynica Morska ( Polish formerly Łysica (1945-1958 Kahlberg is a town and coextensive municipality ( Gmina) in northern Poland 74) |
| Rural commune | Gmina Cisna (1,663) | Gmina Jejkowice (7. Gmina Cisna is a rural Gmina (administrative district in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak Gmina Jejkowice is a rural Gmina (administrative district in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. 59) | Gmina Lutowiska (4. Gmina Lutowiska is a rural Gmina (administrative district in Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the border 63) |
| Urban-rural commune | Gmina Nowe Warpno (1,559) | Gmina Świątniki Górne (20. Gmina Nowe Warpno is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on Gmina Świątniki Górne is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. 35) | Gmina Nowe Warpno (7. Gmina Nowe Warpno is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on 88) |
| Urban-rural commune (town only) | Gmina Wyśmierzyce: Wyśmierzyce (892) | Gmina Stawiszyn: Stawiszyn (0. Gmina Wyśmierzyce is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Białobrzegi County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Wyśmierzyce is a town in Białobrzegi County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 884 inhabitants (2004 Gmina Stawiszyn is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Stawiszyn is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1569 inhabitants (2006 99) | Gmina Suraż: Suraż (28. Gmina Suraż is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Suraż is a town in north-eastern Poland situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship since 1999 and from 1975 to 1998 in the Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998 94) |
| Urban-rural commune (rural part only) | Gmina Nowe Warpno: rural part (363) | Gmina Suchedniów: rural part (15. Gmina Nowe Warpno is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on Gmina Suchedniów is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland 54) | Gmina Nowe Warpno: rural part (2. Gmina Nowe Warpno is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on 09) |
References
- Official report from the Central Statistical Office of Poland dated January 1, 2006, (pages 49 thru 151, in Polish)
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