Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Basic data
Seat of the voivod: Bydgoszcz ( Bromberg )
Seat of Parliament: Toruń ( Thorn )
Voivode : Mikołaj Bogdanowicz
Voivodeship Marshal : Piotr Całbecki
Biggest town: Bydgoszcz
ISO 3166-2 : PL-04
Residents : 2,072,000 (March 31, 2011)
Population density : 115 inhabitants per km²
geography
Area : 17,969 km²
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Expansion: North-South: up to 150 km
West-East: up to 158 km
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Administrative division
Independent cities : 4th
Counties : 19th
Municipalities : 144

The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ( Polish województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is divided, it is located in the north-central Poland. Their capitals are Bydgoszcz and Toruń . Bydgoszcz is the seat of the voivode appointed by the central government , who is responsible for the administration of the finances allocated centrally from Warsaw, for the interior department and the police. Toruń is the seat of the voivodship marshal, his government and parliament (Sejmik).

coat of arms

Description : In silver under a golden crown a golden armored red half eagle and left-facing red armored half red-contoured black griffin .

population

The population consists mainly of Greater Poland , Kujawi and descendants of the Pomorans and Prussians .

history

With the Polish territorial reform of 1999, the voivodship emerged from the voivodeships of Bydgoszcz , Toruń and Włocławek . The area essentially comprises the former West Prussia and the former Greater Pomeranian Voivodeship , the majority of which is part of today's Kuyavian-Pomerania.

Administrative division

The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 19 districts, with four cities remaining independent. Although they also form a district under their own name, they do not belong to it themselves.

Counties in Kuyavian-Pomerania

One district cities

  1. Bydgoszcz ( Bydgoszcz ) (352,313)
  2. Toruń ( Thorn ) (202,562)
  3. Włocławek ( Leslau ) (95,629)
  4. Grudziądz ( Graudenz ) (202.562)
St. John the Baptist Church in Włocławek

Counties

  1. Aleksandrów Kujawski (55,337)
  2. Brodnica ( Strasburg ) (78,879)
  3. Bydgoszcz ( Bromberg ) (115,981)
  4. Chełmno ( Culm ) (52,292)
  5. Golub-Dobrzyń ( Gollub-Dobrin ) (45,289)
  6. Grudziądz ( Graudenz ) (40,368)
  7. Inowrocław ( Hohensalza ) (161,591)
  2. Lipno (66,517)
  3. Mogilno (46,046)
  4. Nakło nad Notecią ( Nakel ) (86,764)
  5. Radziejów (40,898)
  6. Rypin (44,029)
  7. Sępólno Krajeńskie ( Zempelburg ) (41,373)
  2. Świecie ( Schwetz ) (99.505)
  3. Toruń ( Thorn ) (105,631)
  4. Tuchola ( Tuchel ) (48,438)
  5. Wąbrzeźno ( Briesen ) (34.612)
  6. Włocławek ( Leslau ) (86,604)
  7. Żnin ( Znin ) (70,534)

(Residents on December 31, 2017)

geography

Biggest cities

city German name Resident
December 31, 2017
POL Bydgoszcz COA.svg Bydgoszcz Bromberg 352,313
POL Toruń COA.svg Toruń Thorn 202,562
POL Włocławek COA.svg Włocławek Leslau 111,752
POL Grudziądz COA.svg Grudziądz Graudenz 95,629
POL Inowrocław COA (do 2010) .svg Inowrocław Hohensalza 73,577
POL Brodnica COA.svg Brodnica Strasburg 28,717
Świecie herb.svg Świecie Schwetz 25,924
POL Chełmno COA.svg Chełmno Culm 19,911

Rivers

economy

Compared with the GDP of the EU expressed in purchasing power standards , the province reached 2,015 an index of 56 (EU-27 = 100). The unemployment rate in December 2009 was 15.8 percent, which corresponds to 134,100 people.

With a value of 0.834, Kuyavian-Pomerania ranks 8th among the 16 Voivodeships of Poland in the Human Development Index . In 2017, the gross domestic product per capita in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship was PLN 41,875.

The largest companies established in the voivodeship (WSE shareholders):

  • Apator
  • Drozapol
  • Real estate
  • Krezus
  • New approx
  • Oponeo.pl
  • Projprzem Macrum
  • Hydraulic rotor
  • Vivid Games
  • Kruszwica

Web links

Wikivoyage: Kuyavian-Pomeranian  Travel Guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Premier Beata Szydło powołała nowych wojewodów. Retrieved February 15, 2017 (Polish).
  2. ^ Result of the 2011 census, Główny Urząd Statystyczny: Wyniki Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego Ludności i Mieszkań 2011. Warsaw, March 2012. Online ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
  3. ↑ [http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_ludnosc_stan_struktura_30_06_2008.pdf Główny Urząd Statystyczny, "LUDNOŚĆ - STAN I STRUKTURA W PRZEKROJU TERYTORIAL", as of June 30, 2008 " retrievable)
  4. ^ Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Poland): Districts & Places - Population Statistics, Graphics and Map. Retrieved December 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Central Statistical Office of Poland (CIS), Bezrobotni oraz stopa bezrobocia wg województw, grudzień 2009 , February 3, 2010 ( memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ http://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/Polen-wirtschaftswunder-an-der- Weichsel .
  8. ^ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved August 12, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Bydgoszcz Statistical Yearbook - 2019. In: Statistical Office in Bydgoszcz. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 5 '  N , 18 ° 30'  E