Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998)

Opole Voivodeship 1975–1998

The Opole Voivodeship (German also Voivodeship Oppeln , Polish województwo opolskie ) from 1975 to 1998 was one of then 49 Polish voivodships , which was expanded to surrounding areas under the same name as part of an administrative reform in 1999 .

Even then, its capital was the eponymous city of Opole .

Important cities were (population from 1995):

Opole (130,600)
Kędzierzyn-Koźle (70,700)
Nysa (49,000)
Brzeg (39,900)

Individual evidence

↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish; PDF; 802 kB)

[1] Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish; PDF; 802 kB)