Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship: Map

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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province, or by its Polish name of województwo kujawsko-pomorskie or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland

is now divided. It is situated in mid-northern Poland, on the boundary between the two historic regions from which it takes its name: Kuyavia ( ) and Pomerania ( ).

History and administration

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It consisted of territory from the former Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek Voivodeships.

The functions of regional capital are shared between two cities: Bydgoszcz

and Toruń

. Bydgoszcz serves as the seat of the centrally appointed governor or voivode ( ), while Toruń is the seat of the elected Regional Assembly (sejmik), and of the executive elected by that assembly, headed by the voivodeship marshal (marszałek województwa).

Neighbours

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is bordered by five other voivodeships. These are Pomeranian Voivodeship

to the north, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

to the north-east, Masovian Voivodeship

to the east, Łódź Voivodeship

across a short boundary to the south, and Greater Poland Voivodeship

to the south and west.

Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 52 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 ):

Administrative division

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 23 counties (powiats): 4 city counties and 19 land counties. These are further divided into 144 gminas.

The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).

English and Polish names	Area (km²)	Population (2007)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
City counties
Bydgoszcz	175	361,222			1
Toruń	116	206,619			1
Włocławek	84	118,432			1
Grudziądz	58	99,090			1
Land counties
Inowrocław County powiat inowrocławski	1,225	164,571	Inowrocław	Kruszwica , Janikowo , Gniewkowo , Pakość	9
Bydgoszcz County powiat bydgoski	1,395	99,386	Bydgoszcz *	Solec Kujawski , Koronowo	8
Świecie County powiat świecki	1,473	97,037	Świecie	Nowe	11
Toruń County powiat toruński	1,230	91,963	Toruń *	Chełmża	9
Włocławek County powiat włocławski	1,472	85,303	Włocławek *	Brześć Kujawski , Kowal , Lubraniec , Izbica Kujawska , Chodecz , Lubień Kujawski	13
Nakło County powiat nakielski	1,120	85,050	Nakło nad Notecią	Szubin , Kcynia , Mrocza	5
Brodnica County powiat brodnicki	1,039	75,204	Brodnica	Jabłonowo Pomorskie , Górzno	10
Żnin County powiat żniński	985	69,736	Żnin	Barcin , Łabiszyn , Janowiec Wielkopolski	6
Lipno County powiat lipnowski	1,016	66,063	Lipno	Skępe , Dobrzyń nad Wisłą	9
Aleksandrów County powiat aleksandrowski	476	55,367	Aleksandrów Kujawski	Ciechocinek , Nieszawa	9
Chełmno County powiat chełmiński	528	51,412	Chełmno		7
Tuchola County powiat tucholski	1,075	47,310	Tuchola		6
Mogilno County powiat mogileński	676	46,833	Mogilno	Strzelno	4
Golub-Dobrzyń County powiat golubsko-dobrzyński	613	45,111	Golub-Dobrzyń	Kowalewo Pomorskie	6
Rypin County powiat rypiński	587	44,143	Rypin		6
Radziejów County powiat radziejowski	607	41,972	Radziejów	Piotrków Kujawski	7
Sępólno County powiat sępoleński	791	40,990	Sępólno Krajeńskie	Więcbork , Kamień Krajeński	4
Grudziądz County powiat grudziądzki	728	38,559	Grudziądz *	Łasin , Radzyń Chełmiński	6
Wąbrzeźno County powiat wąbrzeski	501	34,763	Wąbrzeźno		5
* seat not part of the county