Kraków Voivodeship
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Kraków Voivodeship refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland.
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[edit] Kraków Voivodeship 1975-1998
Kraków Voivodeship 1975-1998 (Polish: województwo krakowskie) also named (1975-84) Kraków Metropolitan Voivodeship (województwo miejskie krakowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship. President of the Kraków City was also the voivodeship governor.
Capital city: Krakow
Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):
- Kraków (745,400);
- Skawina (24,100);
- Alwernia,
- Dobczyce,
- Krzeszowice,
- Myslenice,
- Niepolomice,
- Proszowice,
- Skała,
- Slomniki,
- Sulkowice,
- Swiatniki Gorne,
- Wieliczka
[edit] Kraków Voivodeship 1945-1975
Kraków Voivodeship 1945-1975 (Polish: województwo krakowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by Kraków (1), Tarnow Voivodeship, Nowy Sacz Voivodeship and partly Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship, Katowice Voivodeship and Kielce Voivodeship.
Capital city: Kraków
[edit] Kraków Voivodeship 1921-1939
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For more details on this topic, see Kraków Voivodeship (1919-1939).
Kraków Voivodeship 1921-1939 (Polish: Województwo Krakowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921-1939. Its total area was 17 560 km² and population - 2 300 100 (as for 1931). Population density was 131 persons per sq. km.
Capital city: Kraków
In 1938, it consisted of 18 powiats (counties). These were as follows:
- Biala Krakowska county (area 635 km², population 139 100),
- Bochnia county (area 877 km², population 113 800),
- Brzesko county (area 849 km², population 102 200),
- Chrzanow county (area 722 km², population 138 100),
- Dabrowa Tarnowska county (area 650 km², population 66 700),
- Debica county (area 1 141 km², population 110 900),
- Gorlice county (area 1 082 km², population 104 800),
- Jaslo county (area 1 055 km², population 116 100),
- city of Krakow county (powiat krakowski grodzki), (area 48 km², population 219 300),
- Krakow county (area 884 km², population 187 500),
- Limanowa county (area 944 km², population 87 300),
- Mielec county (area 901 km², population 77 500),
- Myslenice county (area 988 km², population 102 700),
- Nowy Sacz county (area 1 572 km², population 183 900),
- Nowy Targ county (area 2 069 km², population 131 800),
- Tarnow county (area 881 km², population 142 400),
- Wadowice county (area 1 109 km², population 145 100),
- Zywiec county (area 1 337 km², population 130 900).
According to the 1931 census, biggest cities within the Voivodeship's boundaries were:
- Krakow (pop. 219 300),
- Tarnow (pop. 44 900),
- Nowy Sacz (pop. 30 300),
- Biala Krakowska (pop. 22 700),
- Jaworzno (pop. 19 100),
- Chrzanow (pop. 17 900),
- Zakopane (pop. 16 300),
- Bochnia (pop. 12 100),
- Oswiecim (pop. 12 000).
[edit] Kraków Voivodeship 1816-1837
A Kraków Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland formed from Kraków Department and existing from 1816 until 1837. Despite the name of this province, the city of Kraków was not included; Kraków was a free city until Kraków Uprising of 1846; the capital of the voivodeship was first Miechów, then Kielce. In 1837 it was renamed into Kraków Governorate.
[edit] Kraków Voivodeship 14th c.-1795
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For more details on this topic, see Kraków Voivodeship (14th century-1795).
Kraków Voivodeship 14th c.-1795 (Latin: Palatinatus Cracoviensis, Polish: Województwo Krakowskie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795 (see Kingdom of Poland [1320–1385], Kingdom of Poland [1385–1569], and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). It was part of Little Poland province.
