Masovian Voivodship
The
Masovian Voivodship (in
Polish województwo mazowieckie) is the largest and most populous of the sixteen
Polish administrative regions or
voivodships created in
1999. It covers an area of 35,598 km² in
eastern-central Poland and contains nearly 5.1 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are
Warsaw (population 1.6 million) in the
centre,
Radom (230,000) in the south,
Plock (130,000) in the west,
Siedlce (75,000) in the east, and
Ostroleka (55,000) in the north.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Warsaw, Plock, Ciechanow, Ostroleka, Siedlce and Radom voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Mazovia (Mazowsze) with which it more or less corresponds.
Masovian Voivodship Counties
Masovian Voivodship is divided onto 42 counties (powiat): 4 city counties (miasto na prawach powiatu) and 38 land counties (powiat ziemski), which are composed of 325 communes (gmina) which include 85 urban communes or cities.
Polish names and County Capitals
- Ostrołęka City County (Ostrołeka - miasto na prawach powiatu)
- Płock City County (Płock - miasto na prawach powiatu)
- Radom City County (Radom - miasto na prawach powiatu)
- Siedlce City County (Siedlce - miasto na prawach powiatu)
- Bialobrzegi County, powiat białobrzeski, Bialobrzegi
- Ciechanow County, powiat ciechanowski, Ciechanow
- Garwolin County, powiat garwoliński, Garwolin
- Gostynin County, powiat gostyniński, Gostynin
- Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, powiat grodziski (mazowiecki), Grodzisk Mazowiecki
- Grojec County, powiat grójecki, Grojec
- Kozienice County, powiat kozienicki, Kozienice
- Legionowo County, powiat legionowski, Legionowo
- Lipsko County, powiat lipski, Lipsko
- Losice County, powiat łosicki, Losice
- Makow County, powiat makowski, Makow
- Minsk Mazowiecki County, powiat miński, Minsk Mazowiecki
- Mlawa County, powiat mławski, Mlawa
- Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki County, powiat nowodworski (mazowiecki), Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki
- Ostroleka County, powiat ostrołęcki, Ostroleka
- Ostrow Mazowiecka County, powiat ostrowski (mazowiecki), Ostrow Mazowiecka
- Otwock County, powiat otwocki, Otwock
- Piaseczno County, powiat piaseczyński, Piaseczno
- Plock County, powiat płocki, Plock
- Plonsk County, powiat płoński, Plonsk
- Pruszkow County, powiat pruszkowski, Pruszkow
- Przasnysz County, powiat przasnyski, Przasnysz
- Przysucha County, powiat przysuski, Przysucha
- Pultusk County, powiat pułtuski, Pultusk
- Radom County, powiat radomski, Radom
- Siedlce County, powiat siedlecki, Siedlce
- Sierpc County, powiat sierpecki, Sierpc
- Sochaczew County, powiat sochaczewski, Sochaczew
- Sokolow Podlaski County, powiat sokołowski, Sokolow Podlaski
- Szydlowiec County, powiat szydłowiecki, Szydlowiec
- Warszawa County, powiat warszawski, Warsaw
- Warszawa Zachod County, powiat warszawski zachodni, Warsaw
- Wegrow County, powiat węgrowski, Wegrow
- Wolomin County, powiat wołomiński, Wolomin
- Wyszkow County, powiat wyszkowski, Wyszkow
- Zwolen County, powiat zwoleński, Zwolen
- Zuromin County, powiat żuromiński, Zuromin
- Zyrardow County, powiat żyrardowski, Zyrardow
Major cities and towns
(population in 2003):
- Warsaw (1,607,600)
- Radom (229,700)
- Plock (130,700)
- Siedlce (78,100)
- Ostroleka (56,200)
- Pruszkow (53,200)
- Legionowo (52,100)
- Ciechanow (47,900)
- Otwock (44,400)
- Zyrardow (43,400)
- Sochaczew (39,400)
- Minsk Mazowiecki (37,600)
- Wolomin (36,500)
- Mlawa (31,200)
- Piaseczno (28,200)
- Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki (27,600)
- Wyszkow (27,200)
- Grodzisk Mazowiecki (26,600)
- Piastow (24,200)
- Ostrow Mazowiecka (23,800)
- Plonsk (23,300)
- Pionki (21,800)
- Kozienice (21,600)
- Gostynin (20,100)
