Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
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| Capital cities | Bydgoszcz, Toruń |
| Area | 17 969 km² |
| Population - density | 2 068 000 115 people/km² |
| Powiats - Urban counties - Land counties | 4 19 |
| Communes | 144 |
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (in Polish Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie) is an administrative region, or voivodeship, in central-northern Poland. Its capital cities are Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek voivodeships, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls the two historic regions of Pomerania and Kujawy.
Major cities and towns
(population in 2003):
- Bydgoszcz (367.700);
- Toruń (208.100);
- Włocławek (123.600);
- Grudziądz (102.700);
- Inowrocław (79.500);
- Brodnica (28.200);
- Świecie (27.400);
- Chełmno (21.800);
- Nakło nad Notecią (20.100);
- Mogilno (13.000).
Administrative division
- Aleksandrów Kujawski County, Aleksandrów Kujawski
- Brodnica County, Brodnica
- Bydgoszcz City County
- Bydgoszcz County, Bydgoszcz
- Chełmno County, Chełmno
- Golub-Dobrzyń County, Golub-Dobrzyń
- Grudziądz City County
- Grudziądz County, Grudziądz
- Inowrocław County, Inowrocław
- Lipno County, Lipno
- Mogilno County, Mogilno
- Nakło County, Nakło nad Notecią
- Radziejów County, Radziejów
- Rypin County, Rypin
- Sępólno County, Sępólno
- Świecie County, Świecie
- Toruń City County
- Toruń County, Toruń
- Tuchola County, Tuchola
- Wąbrzeźno County, Wąbrzeźno
- Włocławek City County
- Włocławek County, Włocławek
- Żnin County, Żnin
Major corporations
- Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa SA, Toruń (nutritive industry)
- Toruńskie Zakłady Materiałów Opatrunkowych SA, Toruń (medical industry)
- Frantschach Świecie SA, Świecie (paper industry)
- Anwil SA, Włocławek (chemical industry)
- Torfarm SA, Toruń (medical industry)
- Zachem SA, Bydgoszcz (chemical industry)
- Zakład Energetyczny Toruń SA, Toruń (power industry)
- Elana SA, Toruń (textile-chemical industry)
- Zakłady Tłuszczowe Kruszwica SA, Kruszwica (nutritive industry)
- ThyssenKrupp Energostal SA, Toruń (steel industry)
- Agrolok sp. z o.o., Golub-Dobrzyń (agricultural industry)
- CPP-Toruń-Pacific sp. z o.o., Toruń (nutritive industry)
- Adriana SA, Kijewo Królewskie (furniture industry)
- PUH Chemirol sp. z o.o., Mogilno (chemical industry)
- Soda Matwy IZCh SA, Inowrocław (chemical industry)
- Fabryka Lin i Drutu Drumet SA, Włocławek (steel industry)
- Zespół Elektrociepłowni Bydgoszcz SA, Bydgoszcz (power industry)
- Solbus, Solec Kujawski (vehicle industry)
Most popular
- 1. Lewandowski : 23,133
- 2. Wiśniewski : 18,410
- 3. Kowalski : 12,076
See also:
External links
| Voivodeships of Poland |
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| Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Łódź | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Świętokrzyskie | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania | |
| Principal cities: Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn | |
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