Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie

— Voivodeship —

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within Poland

Division into counties

Coordinates (Olsztyn): 53°47′N 20°30′E / 53.783, 20.5

Country

Poland

Capital

Olsztyn

Counties

Area

- Total

24,191.8 km² (9,340.5 sq mi)

Population (2006)

- Total

1,427,091

- Density

59/km² (152.8/sq mi)

- Urban

856,559

- Rural

570,532

Car plates

* further divided into 116 gminas

Website: http://www.$

Logo of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Neo-baroque City Hall in Iława

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (also known as Warmia-Masuria Province, or by its Polish name województwo warmińsko-mazurskie) is a voivodeship, or province, in north-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of 24,192 square kilometres (9,341 sq mi) and a population of 1,427,091 (as of 2006).

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Olsztyn Voivodeship and parts of Suwałki and Elbląg Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province's name derives from two historic regions, Warmia and Masuria (Polish Mazury).

The province borders Podlachian Voivodeship to the east, Masovian Voivodeship to the south, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the south-west, Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, the Vistula Lagoon to the north-west, and the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave of Russia) to the north. The region closely corresponds to the southern part of the former East Prussia (part of Germany), which was divided between Poland and the Soviet Union in 1945.

The Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship has the largest number of ethnic Ukrainians living in Poland^[1] due to forced relocations (such as Operation Wisła) caried out by the Soviet and Polish Communist authorities.

1 Cities and towns
2 Administrative division
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 49 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 [1]):

1. Olsztyn (174,693)
2. Elbląg (127,055)
3. Ełk (56,156)
4. Ostróda (33,419)
5. Iława (32,326)
6. Giżycko (29,667)
7. Kętrzyn (28,000)
8. Szczytno (25,680)
9. Bartoszyce (25,423)
10. Mrągowo (21,772)
11. Działdowo (20,824)
12. Pisz (19,332)
13. Braniewo (17,875)
14. Lidzbark Warmiński (16,390)
15. Olecko (16,169)
16. Nidzica (14,761)
17. Morąg (14,497)
18. Gołdap (13,641)
19. Pasłęk (12,179)
20. Węgorzewo (11,638)
21. Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (11,036)
22. Dobre Miasto (10,489)
23. Biskupiec (10,348)
24. Orneta (9,380)
25. Lubawa (9,328)

26. Lidzbark (8,261)
27. Olsztynek (7,591)
28. Barczewo (7,401)
29. Orzysz (5,804)
30. Susz (5,610)
31. Reszel (5,098)
32. Ruciane-Nida (4,894)
33. Korsze (4,632)
34. Górowo Iławeckie (4,554)
35. Biała Piska (4,006)
36. Mikołajki (3,848)
37. Jeziorany (3,376)
38. Ryn (3,006)
39. Pieniężno (2,915)
40. Tolkmicko (2,731)
41. Miłakowo (2,665)
42. Pasym (2,550)
43. Frombork (2,529)
44. Bisztynek (2,493)
45. Miłomłyn (2,305)
46. Kisielice (2,208)
47. Zalewo (2,152)
48. Sępopol (2,015)
49. Młynary (1,837)

[edit] Administrative division

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship is divided into 21 counties (powiats): 2 city counties and 19 land counties. These are further divided into 116 gminas.

The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).

English and Polish names	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
City counties
Olsztyn	88	174,693			1
Elbląg	80	127,055			1
Land counties
Olsztyn County powiat olsztyński	2,840	113,529	Olsztyn *	Dobre Miasto, Biskupiec, Olsztynek, Barczewo, Jeziorany	12
Ostróda County powiat ostródzki	1,765	105,286	Ostróda	Morąg, Miłakowo, Miłomłyn	9
Iława County powiat iławski	1,385	89,960	Iława	Lubawa, Susz, Kisielice, Zalewo	7
Ełk County powiat ełcki	1,112	84,760	Ełk		5
Szczytno County powiat szczycieński	1,933	69,289	Szczytno	Pasym	8
Kętrzyn County powiat kętrzyński	1,213	66,165	Kętrzyn	Reszel, Korsze	6
Działdowo County powiat działdowski	953	65,110	Działdowo	Lidzbark	6
Bartoszyce County powiat bartoszycki	1,309	61,354	Bartoszyce	Górowo Iławeckie, Bisztynek, Sępopol	6
Pisz County powiat piski	1,776	57,553	Pisz	Orzysz, Ruciane-Nida, Biała Piska	4
Giżycko County powiat giżycki	1,119	56,863	Giżycko	Ryn	6
Elbląg County powiat elbląski	1,431	56,412	Elbląg *	Pasłęk, Tolkmicko, Młynary	9
Mrągowo County powiat mrągowski	1,065	50,087	Mrągowo	Mikołajki	5
Braniewo County powiat braniewski	1,205	43,781	Braniewo	Pieniężno, Frombork	7
Nowe Miasto County powiat nowomiejski	695	43,388	Nowe Miasto Lubawskie		5
Lidzbark County powiat lidzbarski	924	43,006	Lidzbark Warmiński	Orneta	5
Olecko County powiat olecki	874	34,215	Olecko		4
Nidzica County powiat nidzicki	961	33,955	Nidzica		4
Gołdap County powiat gołdapski	772	26,989	Gołdap		3
Węgorzewo County powiat węgorzewski	693	23,641	Węgorzewo		3
* seat not part of the county

[edit] References

^ (Polish) Mniejszości narodowe i etniczne w Polsce on the pages of Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration. Retrieved on 9 September 2007.

[edit] External links

Official website of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

v • d • e Counties of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
City counties: Olsztyn (capital) • Elbląg Land counties: Bartoszyce • Braniewo • Działdowo • Elbląg • Ełk • Giżycko • Gołdap • Iława • Kętrzyn • Lidzbark • Mrągowo • Nidzica • Nowe Miasto • Olecko • Olsztyn • Ostróda • Pisz • Szczytno • Węgorzewo

v • d • e Voivodeships of Poland
Greater Poland · Kuyavian-Pomeranian · Lesser Poland · Łódź · Lower Silesian · Lublin · Lubusz · Masovian · Opole · Podlachian · Pomeranian · Silesian · Subcarpathian · Świętokrzyskie · Warmian-Masurian · West Pomeranian