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Poland: The 49 Provinces, 1975-1998
On 1 January 1999, Poland's interior was reconstructed. The forty-nine provinces were reduced to sixteen, and all but three provinces were given new names. Below you will find a map of the former 49 provinces and an explanation of which new province absorbed each of them. Scroll down below the map to view a list of all the former provinces and what province or provinces they now belong to.
Biała Podlaska
[Bial~a Podlaska] |
Lublin (Lubelskie); a small area in the northwestern part in Mazowieckie |
Białystok
[Bial~ystok] |
Podlaskie |
Bielsko Biała
[Bielsko Bial~a] |
Śląskie [S~la~skie]; portion of east in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
Bydgoszcz | majority in Kujawsko-Pomorskie; northern-most section: Pomorskie; tiny southwestern part in Wielkopolskie |
Chełm
[Chel~m] |
Lubelskie |
Ciechanśw
[Ciechano~w] |
Mazowieckie; a small portion of the northwest in Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
Częstochowa
[Cze~stochowa] |
most in Śląskie [S~la~skie]; small portion of northwest in Opolskie; tiny part of north in Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie]; tiny part of east in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie] |
Elbląg
[Elbla~g] |
majority in Pomorskie; northeastern section and southwestern corner in Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
Gdańsk
[Gdan~sk] |
Pomorskie |
Gorzów Wielkopolski
[Gorzo~w Wielkopolski] |
Lubuskie; the north in Zachodniopomorskie; southeastern area in Wielkopolskie |
Jelenia Góra
[Jelenia Go~ra] |
Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
Kalisz | Wielkopolskie; a very small part of the southeast in Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie]; very small part of southwest in Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
Katowice | Śląskie [S~la~skie]; an eastern part in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
Kielce | mainly in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie]; a part of the south and west in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
Konin | most in Wielkopolskie; a very small section of the east in Łódzkie (L~o~dzkie) |
Koszalin | Zachodniopomorskie |
Kraków
[Krako~w] |
Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
Krosno | Podkarpackie; a very small part in Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
Legnica | Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
Leszno | more than a third in Wielkopolskie; a small western part in Lubuskie; a larger southwestern part in Dolnoslaskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
Lublin | Lubelskie |
Łomża
[L~omz~a] |
majority in Podlaskie; the western and southern borders in Mazowieckie |
Łódź
[L~o~dz~] |
Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie] |
Nowy Sącz
[Nowy Sa~cz] |
Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie] |
Olsztyn | Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazursko] |
Opole | Opolskie |
Ostrołęka
[Ostrol~e~ka] |
majority in Mazowieckie; small nothern section in Warmiżsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
Piła
Pil~a |
almost entirely in Wielkopolskie; a small area of the northwest corner in Zachodniopomorskie |
Piotrków Trybunalski
[Piotrko~w Trybunalski] |
mostly in Łódzkie (L~o~dzkie); a tiny area of the southeast in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie] |
Płock
[Pl~ock] |
northern portion in Mazowieckie; southern part in the Lódzkie [L~o~dzkie] |
Poznań
[Poznan~] |
Wielkopolskie |
Przemyśl
[Przemys~l] |
Podkarpackie |
Radom | mostly in Mazowieckie; a small part of the southwestern corner in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie] |
Rzeszów
[Rzeszo~w] |
Podkarpackie |
Siedlce | Mazowieckie; southeastern part in Lubelskie |
Sieradz | Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie] |
Skierniewice | mostly in Łódzkie [L~o~dzkie]; a northeastern section in Mazowieckie |
Słupsk
[Sl~upsk] |
mostly in Pomorskie; a very small portion of the northwestern border in Zachodniopomorskie |
Suwałki
[Sl~upsk] |
the smaller eastern part in Podlaskie; western half (roughly two-thirds of the former province) in Warmińsko-Mazurskie [Warmin~sko-Mazurskie] |
Szczecin | Zachodniopomorskie |
Tarnobrzeg | the northwestern portion in Świętokrzyskie [S~wie~tokrzyskie]; a small part of the north and east in Lubelskie; the central and south area in Podkarpackie |
Tarnów
[Tarno~w] |
Małopolskie [Mal~opolskie]; a smaller eastern part in Podkarpackie |
Toruń
[Torun~] |
mostly in Kujawsko-Pomorskie; a small section in the northeast in Warmińsko-Mazurskie (Warmin~sko-Mazurskie) |
Wałbrzych
[Wal~brzych] |
Dolnośląskie [Dolnos~la~skie] |
Warszawa | Mazowieckie |
Włocławek
[Wl~ocl~awek] |
Kujawsko-Pomorskie |
Wrocław
[Wrocl~aw] |
Dolnośląskie [Dolnoslaskie] |
Zamość
[Zamos~c~] |
Lubelskie |
Zielona Góra
[Zielona Go~ra] |
majority in Lubuskie; a small northeastern part in Wielkopolskie |
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