Polish counties with city rights
Acity with powiat rights (Polish:miasto na prawach powiatu) is inPoland a designation denoting 66 of the 107 cities (theurban gminas which are governed by a city mayor orprezydent miasta) which exercise also the powers and duties of acounty (Polish:powiat), thus being anindependent city.[1][2] They have roughly the same status as formercounty boroughs in theUnited 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 theSecond Polish Republic). The contemporary termcity with powiat rights should not be used interchangeably with the interwarcity 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
[edit]| City county | Voivodeship | Area (km²) | Population |
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| 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 | 252,443 |
| Gliwice | Silesian | 134.20 | 199,099 |
| Gorzów Wielkopolski | Lubusz | 86 | 125,204 |
| 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 | 315,996 |
| Kielce | Świętokrzyskie | 109.65 | 207,718 |
| Konin | Greater Poland | 82 | 80,618 |
| Koszalin | West Pomeranian | 84 | 107,783 |
| Kraków | Lesser Poland | 327 | 804,237 |
| Krosno | Subcarpathian | 43.48 | 47,693 |
| Legnica | Lower Silesian | 56.29 | 105,485 |
| Leszno | Greater Poland | 31.9 | 64,079 |
| Łódź | Łódź | 293 | 655,279 |
| 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 | 262 | 566,546 |
| 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 | 197.23 | 40,899 |
| Szczecin | West Pomeranian | 301 | 410,809 |
| 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 |
| Warsaw | Masovian | 517 | 1,862,402 |
| Włocławek | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | 84.32 | 119,608 |
| Wrocław | Lower Silesian | 293 | 674,132 |
| Zabrze | Silesian | 80.47 | 190,610 |
| Zamość | Lublin | 30.34 | 66,613 |
| Zielona Góra | Lubusz | 58 | 118,201 |
| Żory | Silesian | 64.64 | 62,625 |
