A city with powiat rights (Polish: miasto na prawach powiatu) is in Poland a designation denoting 66 of the 107 cities (the urban gminas which are governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta) which exercise also the powers and duties of a county (Polish: powiat), thus being an independent city.[1][2] They have roughly the same status as former county boroughs in the United Kingdom.

Sometimes, such a city will also be referred to in Polish as city county (Polish: powiat grodzki); this term however is not official (it was used during the interwar times of the Second Polish Republic). The contemporary term city with powiat rights should not be used interchangeably with the interwar city county.

Such cities are distinct from and independent of the 314 regular powiats (sometimes referred as 'land counties' (Polish: powiaty ziemskie), again a term that was used in the interwar period and is not used in modern Polish law).

List of cities with powiat rights

City county Voivodeship Area (km²) Population
Biała Podlaska Lublin 49.40 58,010
Białystok Podlaskie 102.12 295,210
Bielsko-Biała Silesian 124.51 176,678
Bydgoszcz Kuyavian-Pomeranian 175 364,953
Bytom Silesian 69.43 187,205
Chełm Lublin 35.28 67,989
Chorzów Silesian 33.5 114,434
Częstochowa Silesian 160 246,129
Dąbrowa Górnicza Silesian 188 129,753
Elbląg Warmian-Masurian 80 127,055
Gdańsk Pomeranian 262 457,630
Gdynia Pomeranian 136 250,443
Gliwice Silesian 134.20 205,000
Gorzów Wielkopolski Lubusz 54 67,999
Grudziądz Kuyavian-Pomeranian 57.76 99,299
Jastrzębie-Zdrój Silesian 85.44 95,149
Jaworzno Silesian 152.2 96,051
Jelenia Góra Lower Silesian 109.22 86,663
Kalisz Greater Poland 70 108,575
Katowice Silesian 164.67 425,000
Kielce Świętokrzyskie 109.65 207,718
Konin Greater Poland 82 80,618
Koszalin West Pomeranian 84 107,783
Kraków Lesser Poland 327 756,757
Krosno Subcarpathian 43.48 47,693
Legnica Lower Silesian 56.29 105,485
Leszno Greater Poland 31.9 64,079
Łódź Łódź 293.25 764,168
Łomża Podlaskie 32.72 63,572
Lublin Lublin 147 354,272
Mysłowice Silesian 65.57 74,988
Nowy Sącz Lesser Poland 57 84,594
Olsztyn Warmian-Masurian 88.328 174,693
Opole Opole 96.2 128,034
Ostrołęka Masovian 29.00 53,758
Piekary Śląskie Silesian 40 59,494
Piotrków Trybunalski Łódź 67.27 79,367
Płock Masovian 88.06 127,307
Poznań Greater Poland 261.85 501,546
Przemyśl Subcarpathian 44 66,715
Radom Masovian 111.71 226,372
Ruda Śląska Silesian 77.7 145,929
Rybnik Silesian 148 141,382
Rzeszów Subcarpathian 77.31 163,155
Siedlce Masovian 32 77,047
Siemianowice Śląskie Silesian 25.5 72,451
Skierniewice Łódź 32.6 48,761
Słupsk Pomeranian 43.15 98,402
Sopot Pomeranian 17.31 39,836
Sosnowiec Silesian 91.26 225,202
Suwałki Podlaskie 65.24 69,234
Świętochłowice Silesian 13.22 55,172
Świnoujście West Pomeranian 210 40,899
Szczecin West Pomeranian 378 489,809
Tarnobrzeg Subcarpathian 85.6 50,033
Tarnów Lesser Poland 72.4 117,109
Toruń Kuyavian-Pomeranian 115.72 207,381
Tychy Silesian 81.72 130,842
Wałbrzych Lower Silesian 84.70 120,197
Warszawa Masovian 514 3,310,000
Włocławek Kuyavian-Pomeranian 84.32 119,608
Wrocław Lower Silesian 293 635,280
Zabrze Silesian 80.47 190,610
Zamość Lublin 30.34 66,613
Zielona Góra Lubusz 58 118,201
Żory Silesian 64.64 62,625

References

  1. ↑ "Dz.U. z 1998 r. nr 91, poz. 578 (Sjem of the RP)" (in Polish). Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  2. ↑ Central Statistical Office (2 January 2018). "Baza TERYT: Wyszukiwanie" [TERYT Database: Search] (in Polish). Select "miasta na prawach powiatu" from "kategoria/rodzaj" and press "Wyszukaj". Retrieved 1 September 2018.

See also

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