Lublin Voivodeship
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Lublin Voivodeship (Polish: województwo lubelskie) is an administrative region, or voivodeship, of eastern Poland. It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin (2), Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and partly Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodeships, according to the Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls the region's traditional name and its largest city, Lublin. Lublin Voivodeship is the poorest (NUTS-2) region of the European Union.
It borders on the Podlachian, Masovian, Świętokrzyskie and Subcarpathian voivodeships, and Ukraine and Belarus to the east. Its population as of 2002 was 2,199,100. Its area is 25,114 km².
Administrative division
24 powiats (counties) (4 city powiats + 20 land powiats)City powiats
Land powiats
- Biała Podlaska County, powiat bialski, Biała Podlaska
- Biłgoraj County, powiat biłgorajski, Biłgoraj
- Chełm County, powiat chełmski, Chełm
- Hrubieszów County, powiat hrubieszowski, Hrubieszów
- Janów Lubelski County, powiat janowski, Janów Lubelski
- Krasnystaw County, powiat krasnostawski, Krasnystaw
- Kraśnik County, powiat kraśnicki, Kraśnik
- Lubartów County, powiat lubartowski, Lubartów
- Lublin County, powiat lubelski, Lublin
- Łęczna County, powiat łęczyński, Łęczna
- Łuków County, powiat łukowski, Łuków
- Opole Lubelskie County, powiat opolski, Opole Lubelskie
- Parczew County, powiat parczewski, Parczew
- Puławy County, powiat puławski, Puławy
- Radzyń Podlaski County, powiat radzyński, Radzyń Podlaski
- Ryki County, powiat rycki, Ryki
- Świdnik County, powiat świdnicki, Świdnik
- Tomaszów Lubelski County, powiat tomaszowski, Tomaszów Lubelski
- Włodawa County, powiat włodawski, Włodawa
- Zamość County, powiat zamojski, Zamość
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Previous Lublin voivodeships
Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship 15th century – 1795 (Latin: Palatinatus Lublinensis; Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland created in 1474 out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodship and lasting till the Partitions of Poland in 1795. It was part of Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:
- Lublin
- Lublin County (Powiat Lubelski), Lublin
- Urzędów County (Powiat Urzędowski), Urzędów
- Łuków County (Powiat Łukowski), Łuków
- Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski (before 1494)
- Piotr Firlej, 1537-1545
- Jan Tarlo (1527-1587) (from 1574)
- Marek Sobieski (from 1597)
- Aleksander Piotr Tarło (1631-1649)
- Marcin Zamoyski (from 1682)
- Jan Tarlo (1684-1750) (from 1719)
- Tomasz Antoni Zamoyski (from 1744)
- Antoni Lubomirski (from 1778)
- Masovian Voivodeship
- Subcarpathian Voivodeship
- Brest Voivodship
- Chełm Land
- Bełz Voivodship
- Ruthenian Voivodship
- Sandomierz Voivodship
Lublin Voivodeship 1921 – 1939
Lublin Voivodeship 1921 – 1939 (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was an administrative region of Poland, 1921 – 1939.
Lublin Voivodeship 1945 – 1975
Lublin Voivodeship 1945 – 1975 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was an administrative region of Poland between 1945 and 1975. It was superseded by Lublin Voivodeship 1975 – 1998, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska, Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodeships.Lublin Voivodeship 1975 – 1998
Lublin Voivodeship 1975–1998 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was an administrative region of Poland, 1975–1998, superseded by the current Lublin Voivodeship.
Capital city: Lublin
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Lublin (353,300);
- Puławy (54,300);
- Swidnik (40,300);
- Krasnik (37,500);
- Lubartow (23,500);
- Leczna (21,900).
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| 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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