License plate (Poland)
The last valid Polish license plates have black letters and a black border on a white background. The first letter stands for the voivodship (in the picture example S for the voivodeship Silesia ), the next one or two letters stand for the city or the district (in the picture example G for the city of Gliwice ) of the exhibition. This is followed by a rectangular certification sticker and, for one-line signs, a combination of four or five, for two-line signs, four letters and numbers.
All license plates issued since May 2, 2006 show the twelve stars of the European flag and the letters PL in a blue bar on the left. From 2000 to May 1, 2006, the signs were marked with the flag of Poland instead of the European symbol .
A license plate of your choice can be requested in Poland for a fee of around 240 euros . During the production period of around three weeks, the vehicle is given a temporary license plate. The first letter of the desired license plate stands for the voivodeship, followed by a serial number (0 to 9) and three to five desired letters, e.g. B. , whereby at most the last two can be replaced by digits, e.g. B. , , , , , .
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variants
License plates of historic vehicles
Historic vehicles have license plates with a yellow background. As with the unspecific license plates, they start with two or three letters indicating the place of registration. This is followed by two digits in the first case and one in the second. Depending on the type of vehicle, car or two-wheeler, there is also a corresponding pictogram on the right-hand side.
Temporary license plates
License plates with a limited validity have red letters on a white background. They show a letter for the voivodeship followed by a number. After a seal either four digits or three follow with a final letter other than B .
Test indicator
They are the same as the temporary labels, except for the detail that only three digits followed by a B after the seal .
Diplomatic marks
Diplomatic license plates show white letters on a blue background. They begin with the letter of the voivodeship and then have six digits, with the first three indicating the country represented. Most of these signs begin with W for Masovian Voivodeship, as most of the diplomatic missions are in Warsaw.
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Authority registration number
Polish police license plates begin with the letters HP followed by another letter indicating the voivodeship, e.g. B. HPD stands for the police in the Lublin Voivodeship . The signs of the anti-corruption authority ( HA ), the Ministry of the Interior ( HB ), the customs administration ( HC ), the domestic secret service ABW ( HK ) and the border guard ( HW ) follow this pattern .
Further characteristics
Signs of the Polish Armed Forces begin with a U . The abbreviation SU has been used for members of the diplomatic corps since 2007 . There is no flag on the license plate.
Abbreviation
Geographical distribution of license plate codes
List of Polish license plates
Polish license plates sorted by voivodeship, license plates that are no longer assigned are thinly written:
Police license plate
| HPA | Police headquarters |
| HPB | Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Dolnośląskie) |
| HPC | Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (Kujawsko-Pomorskie) |
| HPD | Lublin Voivodeship (Lubelskie) |
| HPE | Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie) |
| HPF | Łódź Voivodeship (Łódzkie) |
| HPG | Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Małopolskie) |
| HPH | Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie) |
| HPJ | Opole Voivodeship (Opolskie) |
| HPK | Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Podkarpackie) |
| HPL | Szczytno Police College , Piła , Słupsk and Katowice Police Schools, Legionowo Police School Center |
| HPM | Podlaskie (Podlaskie) |
| HPN | Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie) |
| HPP | Silesian Voivodeship (Śląskie) |
| HPS | Świętokrzyskie (Świętokrzyskie) |
| HPT | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Warmińsko-Mazurskie) |
| HPU | Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie) |
| HPW | West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie) |
| HPZ | Metropolitan Police Command |
Numbers
The Polish license plates have always consisted of seven letters and numbers since 2000, and since the beginning of 2007 there have also been eight-digit license plates, e.g. B. FSD 00111.
If the license plate begins with two letters, the current license plate number is followed by a five-digit combination of digits and up to two letters at the end (scheme XX 11111 , XX 1111A , XX 111AA , XX 1A111 or XX 1AA11 ).
Two-line license plate, e.g. B. for motorcycles, have a four-digit combination after the two letters for the designation of origin according to the scheme XX 1111 or since 2002 also XX 111A .
For license plates that start with three letters, until the end of 2006 there was a four-digit combination of numbers and letters after the leading location code ( XXX A111 or XXX 11AA , since 2002 also XXX 1A11 (without a leading 0 ), XXX 11A1 (without a trailing 0 ) or XXX 1AA1 (without 0 in front or behind) and since 2003 still XXX AA11 ). For the two-line license plates there was only the combination according to the scheme XXX A111 until 2002 , since 2002 the other number and letter combinations possible for one-line license plates have also been assigned.
Cities and counties with the highest registration numbers
The list reflects the status around August 2016. This list only shows the numbers currently assigned. This does not indicate the total number of registrations, as some circles have left out some number ranges. In some Warsaw districts, numbers of the districts WW and WX are still only issued with certain final letters, for example in Wesoła WX 594YJ, in Włochy WW 106XM.
| space | Abbreviation | City (district) | number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PO | Poznań | 9T770 |
| 2 | KR | Kraków | 4S029 |
| 3 | DW | Wroclaw | 4H764 |
| 4th | Tbsp | Łódź | 715XK |
| 5 | WE | Warsaw-Mokotów | 808MU |
| 6th | GD | Gdańsk | 088ME |
| 7th | PZ | Poznański | 112LG |
| 8th | ZKL | Kołobrzeski | 891KV |
| 9 | SK | Katowice | 945JT |
| 10 | PGN | Gnieźnieński | 988GH |
Polish license plates from 1976 to 2000
Since 1976, license plates with white letters on a black background have been issued in Poland. The inscription consisted of three letters, the first two of which indicated the origin, followed by four digits. In recent years, one or two letters could appear in the sequence of numbers.
Origin key:
| Mark | origin |
|---|---|
| BP, BA, BS | Biała Podlaska |
| BK, BT, BI | Białystok |
| BB, BL, BO | Bielsko-Biała |
| BY, BG, BD, BC | Bydgoszcz |
| CH, CM, CU | Chełm |
| CI, CN, CA | Ciechanów |
| CZ, CE, CO | Czestochowa |
| EL, EG, EB | Elbląg |
| GD, GK, GA, GN | Danzig (Gdansk) |
| GO, GW, GR | Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| JE, JG, YES | Jelenia Gora |
| KL, KP, KZ | Kalisz |
| KA, KT, KB, KC, KD, KX | Katowice |
| KI, KE, KJ | Kielce |
| KN, KM, KF | Konin |
| KO, KG, KY | Koszalin |
| KR, KK, KW, KV | Krakow (Kraków) |
| KS, KU, KH | Krosno |
| LG, LC, LI | Legnica |
| LE, LS, LN | Leszno |
| LU, LL, LB | Lublin |
| LO, LM, LA | Łomża |
| LD, LZ, LF, LW | Łódź |
| NS, NO, NA | Nowy Sącz |
| OL, ON, OT | Olsztyn |
| OP, OE, OD | Opole |
| OS, OK, OR | Ostrołęka |
| PI, PA, PY | Piła |
| PT, PK, PU | Piotrków Trybunalski |
| PL, PC, PB | Plock |
| PO, PN, PZ, PW | Posen (Poznan) |
| PR, PM, PE | Przemyśl |
| RA, RO, RD | Radome |
| RZ, RE, RW | Rzeszów |
| SE, SD, ST | Siedlce |
| SI, SA, SB | Sieradz |
| SK, SN, SF | Skierniewice |
| SL, SP, SG | Slupsk |
| SU, SW, SO | Suwałki |
| SZ, SC, SM | Stettin (Szczecin) |
| TG, TB, TE | Tarnobrzeg |
| TA, TN, TW | Tarnów |
| TO, TU, TY | Toruń |
| WB, WY, WH | Wałbrzych |
| WA, WS, WI, WU, WG, WF, WX, WZ, WM, WT, WP, WV |
Warsaw (Warszawa) |
| WL, WK, WE | Włocławek |
| WR, WO, WC, WW | Wroclaw (Wroclaw) |
| ZA, ZM, ZC | Zamość |
| ZG, ZE, ZN | Zielona Góra |
Footnotes
- ↑ Table of diplomatic codes ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Polish)
- ↑ Maximum data for the Polish license plates (cities and districts) , accessed on August 10, 2016 (Polish)
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