Voivodeship of Poland
Voivodeship in Poland
Masovian Voivodeship (Polish :województwo mazowieckie ,pronounced [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ⓘ [ a] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] voivodeship (province ) in east-centralPoland , containing Poland's capitalWarsaw .
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) and had a 2019 population of 5,411,446, making it Poland's largest and most populous province.[ 1] Warsaw (1.783 million) in the center of theWarsaw metropolitan area ,Radom (212,230) to the south,Płock (119,709) to the west,Siedlce (77,990) to the east, andOstrołęka (52,071) to the north. It borders six other provinces:Warmian-Masurian to the north,Podlaskie to the northeast,Lublin to the southeast,Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) to the south,Łódź to the southwest, andKuyavian–Pomeranian to the northwest.
The name of the province recalls the region's traditional name,Mazovia (in PolishMazowsze , also spelled Masovia), with which it is roughly coterminous. However, the province's southern part, including Radom, historically belonged toLesser Poland ; whileŁomża with environs, though historically part of Mazovia, is now part ofPodlaskie Voivodeship .
Masovian Voivodeship is Poland's prime center ofscience , research, education, industry, andinfrastructure .[ 7] [ 7] pine andoak .[ 8] Kampinos National Park is aUNESCO biosphere reserve .
17th-century view of Warsaw In theEarly Middle Ages , the territory was inhabited by theMasovians , an oldPolish tribe . It formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century, with the then-regional capitalPłock being the capital of Poland from 1079 to 1138. TheWzgórze Tumskie ("Cathedral Hill") in Płock with thePłock Castle and theCatholic Cathedral , seat of one of the oldest Polish dioceses, est. in 1075, which contains the sarcophagi of a number ofPolish monarchs , is listed as aHistoric Monument of Poland .[ 9] Czersk were medieval ducal seats of thePiast dynasty .
In 1505, Radom hosted the session of theSejm (Polish Parliament), which enacted theNihil novi [ 10] Sigismund III Vasa moved the Polish capital fromKraków to Warsaw in 1596.
Following the late-18th-centuryPartitions of Poland , the region witnessed several uprisings against foreign rule: theKościuszko Uprising of 1794, theNovember Uprising of 1830–1831, and theJanuary Uprising of 1863–1864.
In theinterbellum , the region was part of reborn independent Poland. In 1920, the region wasinvaded by Soviet Russia , but Poland secured its freedom in the victoriousBattle of Warsaw . The southern part of the current province was rapidly industrialized as part of theCentral Industrial Region of Poland.
DuringWorld War II , it wasoccupied by Germany , with the occupiers committing their genocidal policies againstPoles andJews in the region, withexpulsions , massacres of civilians andprisoners of war , including atCiepielów ,Śladów ,Zakroczym ,Ostrów Mazowiecka ,Palmiry ,Firlej ,Skłoby ,Nur ,Ochota ,Wola , andLipniak-Majorat . Germany operated numerous prisons,forced labour camps, theTreblinka extermination camp , in which some 700,000–900,000 people were murdered, and severalprisoner-of-war camps for Polish,Italian ,French , Soviet, and Romanian prisoners of war.[ 11]
Masovian Province was created on 1 January 1999, under thePolish local-government reforms adopted in 1998, out of the former provinces ofWarsaw ,Płock ,Ciechanów ,Ostrołęka ,Siedlce , andRadom .
Administrative division [ edit ] Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42counties , including fivecity counties and 37 land counties. These are subdivided into 314gminas (municipalities), which include 85 urban gminas.
The counties, shown on the numbered map, are described in the table below. Map English and Area Population(2019) Seat Other towns Totalgminas (km2 ) (sq mi) City counties 1 Warsaw 517 200 1,783,321 1 (2) Ostrołęka 29 11 52,071 1 (3) Płock 88 34 119,709 1 (4) Radom 112 43 212,230 1 (5) Siedlce 32 12 77,990 1 Land counties 2 Ostrołęka County 2,099 810 88,717 Ostrołęka *Myszyniec 11 3 Płock County 1,799 695 110,987 Płock *Gąbin ,Drobin ,Wyszogród ,Bodzanów 15 4 Radom County 1,530 591 152,190 Radom *Pionki ,Iłża ,Skaryszew ,Jedlnia-Letnisko ,Przytyk 13 5 Siedlce County 1,603 619 81,265 Siedlce *Mordy 13 6 Żuromin County 805 311 38,688 Żuromin Bieżuń ,Lubowidz 6 7 Mława County 1,182 456 72,906 Mława 10 8 Przasnysz County 1,218 470 52,676 Przasnysz Chorzele 7 9 Ciechanów County 1,063 410 89,460 Ciechanów Glinojeck 9 10 Sierpc County 853 329 52,077 Sierpc 7 11 Maków County 1,065 411 45,076 Maków Mazowiecki Różan 10 12 Ostrów Mazowiecka County 1,218 470 72,558 Ostrów Mazowiecka Brok 11 13 Płońsk County 1,384 534 87,183 Płońsk Raciąż ,Sochocin ,Nowe Miasto ,Czerwińsk nad Wisłą 12 14 Pułtusk County 829 320 51,862 Pułtusk 7 15 Wyszków County 876 338 74,094 Wyszków 6 16 Gostynin County 616 238 45,060 Gostynin Sanniki 5 17 Nowy Dwór County 692 267 79,256 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Nasielsk ,Zakroczym 6 18 Legionowo County 390 151 117,751 Legionowo Serock 5 19 Wołomin County 955 369 247,288 Wołomin Ząbki ,Marki ,Kobyłka ,Zielonka ,Radzymin ,Tłuszcz ,Jadów 12 20 Węgrów County 1,219 471 66,037 Węgrów Łochów 9 21 Sokołów County 1,131 437 53,992 Sokołów Podlaski Kosów Lacki 9 22 Sochaczew County 731 282 85,024 Sochaczew 8 23 Warsaw West County 533 206 117,783 Ożarów Mazowiecki Łomianki ,Błonie 7 24 Mińsk County 1,164 449 154,054 Mińsk Mazowiecki Sulejówek ,Halinów ,Kałuszyn ,Mrozy ,Siennica ,Cegłów ,Dobre ,Latowicz 13 25 Łosice County 772 298 30,895 Łosice 6 26 Żyrardów County 533 206 75,787 Żyrardów Mszczonów ,Wiskitki 5 27 Grodzisk Mazowiecki County 367 142 94,962 Grodzisk Mazowiecki Milanówek ,Podkowa Leśna 6 28 Pruszków County 246 95 165,039 Pruszków Piastów ,Brwinów 6 29 Piaseczno County 621 240 186,460 Piaseczno Konstancin-Jeziorna ,Góra Kalwaria ,Tarczyn 6 30 Otwock County 615 237 124,241 Otwock Józefów ,Karczew ,Osieck 8 31 Grójec County 1,269 490 98,334 Grójec Warka ,Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą ,Mogielnica 10 32 Garwolin County 1,284 496 108,909 Garwolin Łaskarzew ,Pilawa ,Żelechów ,Maciejowice 14 33 Białobrzegi County 639 247 33,524 Białobrzegi Wyśmierzyce 6 34 Kozienice County 917 354 60,253 Kozienice Magnuszew ,Głowaczów 7 35 Przysucha County 801 309 41,721 Przysucha Odrzywół ,Gielniów 8 36 Zwoleń County 571 220 36,222 Zwoleń Kazanów 5 37 Szydłowiec County 452 175 39,766 Szydłowiec Jastrząb 5 38 Lipsko County 748 289 34,028 Lipsko Solec nad Wisłą ,Sienno ,Ciepielów 6 * seat not part of the county
Population density bygmina (at 2007-01-01)Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1988 4,997,845 — 2002 5,124,018 +2.5% 2011 5,268,660 +2.8% 2021 5,514,699 +4.7% Source:[ 12]
The voivodeship contains 10 cities and 78 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2019):[ 1]
Cities (governed by a city mayor orprezydent miasta ): Warsaw (1,783,321)Radom (212,230)Płock (119,709)Siedlce (77,990)Pruszków (62,076)Legionowo (54,049)Ostrołęka (52,071)Otwock (44,827)Ciechanów (44,118)Żyrardów (39,896)Towns:
Piaseczno (48,286)Mińsk Mazowiecki (40,836)Ząbki (37,219)Wołomin (37,082)Sochaczew (36,327)Marki (34,679)Grodzisk Mazowiecki (31,782)Mława (31,241)Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (28,649)Wyszków (26,905)Kobyłka (24,096)Piastów (22,619)Ostrów Mazowiecka (22,489)Płońsk (22,130)Józefów (20,698)Milanówek (20,698)Sulejówek (19,766)Pułtusk (19,432)Sokołów Podlaski (18,946)Gostynin (18,588)Pionki (18,269)Sierpc (17,994)Zielonka (17,588)Garwolin (17,501)Przasnysz (17,264)Kozienice (17,208)Konstancin-Jeziorna (17,023)Łomianki (17,022)Grójec (16,745)Brwinów (13,601)Radzymin (13,005)Węgrów (12,628)Błonie (12,261)Góra Kalwaria (12,040)Warka (11,948)Szydłowiec (11,736)Ożarów Mazowiecki (11,719)Karczew (9,856)Maków Mazowiecki (9,776)Żuromin (8,867)Tłuszcz (8,156)Nasielsk (7,702)Zwoleń (7,698)Łosice (7,049)Białobrzegi (6,951)Łochów (6,825)Mszczonów (6,376)Przysucha (5,818)Lipsko (5,501)Łaskarzew (4,840)Iłża (4,733)Pilawa (4,578)Serock (4,506)Raciąż (4,384)Skaryszew (4,371)Gąbin (4,125)Tarczyn (4,116)Żelechów (3,988)Podkowa Leśna (3,851)Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą (3,755)Halinów (3,739)Mrozy (3,574)Myszyniec (3,408)Zakroczym (3,196)Chorzele (3,088)Glinojeck (3,019)Kałuszyn (2,899)Drobin (2,872)Różan (2,709)Wyszogród (2,601)Mogielnica (2,253)Kosów Lacki (2,089)Sanniki (1,961)Brok (1,941)Bieżuń (1,846)Mordy (1,788)Lubowidz (1,684)Wyśmierzyce (885)Jedlnia-Letnisko Siennica Cegłów Sochocin Dobre Nowe Miasto Wiskitki Maciejowice Latowicz Magnuszew Bodzanów Osieck Czerwińsk nad Wisłą Jastrząb Odrzywół Solec nad Wisłą Jadów Sienno Przytyk Głowaczów Gielniów Ciepielów Kazanów Warsaw is the capital of Poland.
Płock is the historical capital of
Masovia and former Polish capital.
Siedlce is part of historical Lesser Poland.
Legionowo is one of the youngest cities in the province.
Żyrardów is one of the youngest cities in the voivodeship, established in 1830.
Pułtusk is one of the oldest towns in Poland.
Voivodeship Office in Warsaw The Masovian voivodeship's government is headed by the province'svoivode governor ) who is appointed by thePolish Prime Minister . Thevoivode voivodeship's marshal , who is the appointed speaker for thevoivodeship's executive and is elected by thesejmik provincial assembly ). The currentvoivode Mariusz Frankowski .
The Sejmik of Masovia consists of 51 members.
Amoose in theKampinos National Park (aUNESCO -designatedbiosphere reserve ) Protected areass include oneNational Park and nineLandscape parks . These are shown below.
[ edit ] Masovia Voivodeship, 1526–1795 (Polish :Województwo Mazowieckie ) was an administrative region of theKingdom of Poland , and of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , from the 15th century until thepartitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). Together withPłock andRawa Voivodeships , it formed the province (prowincja ) ofMasovia .
[ edit ] Masovian Voivodeship was one ofthe voivodeships of Congress Poland . It was formed from theWarsaw Department and transformed into theMasovia Governorate .
Koleje Mazowieckie (Masovian Railways)Three major international road routes pass through the voivodeship: Cork–Berlin–Poznań–Warszawa–Minsk–Moscow–Omsk (European route E30 ), Prague–Wrocław–Warsaw–Białystok–Helsinki (E67 ) and Pskov–Gdańsk–Warsaw–Kraków–Budapest (E77 ).
Currently, there are various stretches ofhighways in the area, with theA2 highway connecting the region, and therefore the capital city, with the rest of Europe. The highway passes directly through the voivodeship from west to east, connecting it with Belarus and Germany. However, the A2 is yet to be built east of Warsaw to connect Poland with Belarus. TheS7 expressway runs through Poland from the north to the south passing through Warsaw, theS8 connects Warsaw withBiałystok , in the neighboring north-eastern province, also forming part of theVia Baltica which heads on to Lithuania, and toWrocław in the south-west, and theS17 being built to connect Warsaw with Lublin in the south-east and on to Ukraine.
The two main railway carriers operating in the region are the regionalKoleje Mazowieckie and nationwidePKP Intercity . Three of ten busiest railway stations of Poland are located in the voivodeship:Warszawa Centralna ,Warszawa Wschodnia ,Warszawa Zachodnia .[ 19]
The main international airport in the region isWarsaw Frederic Chopin Airport .
Masovian Voivodeship is the wealthiest province in Poland. Thegross domestic product (GDP) of the province was PLN 596 billion in 2021, accounting for 22.8% of the Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was around PLN123,000in the same year.[ 20]
The unemployment rate stood at 4.8% in 2017 and was higher than the national and the European average.[ 21]
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 unemployment rate 12.3 9.1 6.0 6.0 7.4 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.2 6.4 5.5 4.8
Warsaw Old Town , aUNESCO World Heritage Site andHistoric Monument of Poland The top tourist destination of the voivodeship is the capital city ofWarsaw with itsOld Town andRoyal Castle , aUNESCO World Heritage Site andHistoric Monument of Poland .[ 22] Royal Route with several palaces and parks, most notably theŁazienki Palace andWilanów Palace , and theWarsaw Water Filters .
Other historic cities includeRadom with its old center and parks,Pułtusk with the longest paved marketplace of Europe, andPłock , former medieval capital of Poland, with its Old Town andWzgórze Tumskie ("Cathedral Hill") with thePłock Castle and thePłock Cathedral , which contains the sarcophagi of a number of Polish monarchs.
There are several medieval castles, including atCiechanów ,Czersk ,Liw , Płock, and numerous palaces in the voivodeship, including atOtwock Wielki ,Guzów ,Radziejowice ,Krubki-Górki ,Sanniki ,Korczew and multiple in Warsaw itself. Unique historic churches include theTemple of Mercy and Charity in Płock, the worldwide headquarters of theMariavite Church , theAbbey Church inCzerwińsk nad Wisłą , one of the best preservedRomanesque fortified churches in Poland, and the Saints Roch and John the Baptist church inBrochów , a Gothic-Renaissance fortified church, place of baptism ofFryderyk Chopin .Otwock ,Józefów and Warsaw are home to the localŚwidermajer architectural style. There are also theModlin Fortress andWarsaw Citadel .
The solespa town of the voivodeship isKonstancin-Jeziorna .
There are museums dedicated to composerFryderyk Chopin and chemistMarie Curie at their birthplaces inŻelazowa Wola andWarsaw , respectively. There is also aFryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw. There is a museum dedicated to famousRenaissance poetJan Kochanowski inCzarnolas . The Krasiński Palace inOpinogóra Górna hosts the Museum ofRomanticism .
There are numerousWorld War II memorials, including memorials at the sites of Nazi massacres of Poles, includingPalmiry , andHolocaust memorials, and museums at the sites of the former Nazi GermanTreblinka extermination camp ,Pawiak Prison in Warsaw andDulag 121 camp in Pruszków . Two of the few Italian war cemeteries in Poland are located in Warsaw (from both world wars) andNowe Opole (from WW2).[ 23]
The highest point in the voivodeship, 408-metre (1,339 ft),Góra Altana , is located south ofSzydłowiec , near the southern boundary with theŚwiętokrzyskie Voivodeship .
Kazimierz Górski National Stadium in Warsaw, one of the arenas of theUEFA Euro 2012 ,2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship ,2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship andSpeedway Grand Prix of Poland Football ,handball ,volleyball andbasketball enjoy the largest following in the voivodeship. Successful clubs includeLegia Warsaw andPolonia Warsaw in football and basketball, andWisła Płock in handball.
Since the establishment of the province, several major international sports competitions were co-hosted by the province, including the2002 World Weightlifting Championships ,2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships ,2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships ,EuroBasket 2009 ,UEFA Euro 2012 ,2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship ,2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship ,2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship ,2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships ,2023 World Men's Handball Championship .
Deepspot , the world's second deepest swimming pool, is located inMszczonów .
Saint Catherine of Alexandria church in
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