Lublin Voivodship

Lublin voivodship since 1999

Lublin Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubelskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the eastern part of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Lublin (2), Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and partly Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name and the biggest city: Lublin.

It borders with the Podlasie (Podlaskie), Masovian (Mazowieckie), Świetokrzyskie and Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) voivodships and also with Ukraine and Belarus.

It has a population of 2,199,100 (2002).

Its area is 25,114 km&sup2 .

Contents

1 Administrative division

2 Most popular surnames in the region

3 Previous Lublin voivodships

1 External links

Administrative division

24 counties (4 city counties + 20 land counties)

Biala Podlaska City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
Chelm City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
Lublin City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
Zamość City County, miasto na prawach powiatu

Biala Podlaska County , powiat bialski, Biala Podlaska
Bilgoraj County , powiat biłgorajski, Bilgoraj
Chelm County , powiat chełmski, Chelm
Hrubieszow County , powiat hrubieszowski, Hrubieszow
Janow Lubelski County , powiat janowski, Janow Lubelski
Krasnystaw County , powiat krasnostawski, Krasnystaw
Krasnik County , powiat kraśnicki, Krasnik
Lubartow County , powiat lubartowski, Lubartow
Lublin County , powiat lubelski, Lublin
Leczna County , powiat łęczyński, Leczna
Lukow County , powiat łukowski, Lukow
Opole Lubelskie County , powiat opolski, Opole Lubelskie
Parczew County , powiat parczewski, Parczew
Puławy County , powiat puławski, Puławy
Radzyn Podlaski County , powiat radzyński, Radzyn Podlaski
Ryki County , powiat rycki, Ryki
Swidnik County , powiat świdnicki, Swidnik
Tomaszow Lubelski County , powiat tomaszowski, Tomaszow Lubelski
Wlodawa County , powiat włodawski, Wlodawa
Zamosc County, powiat zamojski, Zamosc

Previous Lublin voivodships

Lublin voivodship 1975-1999

Lublin Voivodship (2) 1975-1998 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lublin Voivodship (1)

Capital city: Lublin

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

Lublin (353,300);
Puławy (54,300);
Swidnik (40,300);
Krasnik (37,500);
Lubartow (23,500);
Leczna (21,900).

Lublin Voivodship (3) 1945-1975 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by Lublin (2), Chelm, Zamosc, Biala Podlaska, Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodships

Capital city: Lublin

Lublin voivodship 1921-1939

Lublin Voivodship (4) 1921-1939 (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921-1939.

Capital city: Lublin

Lublin Voivodship (5) 14th c.-1795 (Latin: Palatinatus Lublinensis, Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland created in 16th century out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodship till the partitions of Poland in 1795. It was part of Little Poland province.

Voivodship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:

Lublin

Administrative division:

Lublin County (Powiat Lubelski), Sandomierz
Urzędów County (Powiat Urzędowski), Urzędów
Wiślica County (Powiat Łukowski), Łuków

Neigbouring Voivodships: