Szczecin Voivodship

Szczecin Voivodship (1) was (Polish: województwo szczecińskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodship.

Statistics (1 January 1992):
Area: 10.000 sq.km
Population: 972.100 inhabitants
Population density: 97 inhabitants/sq.km
Administrative division: 51 communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 31
Capital city: Szczecin

Major cities and towns (population 1995):

• Szczecin (419,300);
• Stargard Szczecinski (73,000);
• Swinoujscie (43,200);
• Police (34,500);
• Goleniow (22,200);
• Gryfino (22,100);

Other towns (population 1980):

• Gryfice (15,200);
• Pyrzyce (11,600);
• Nowogard (11,300).

Szczecin Voivodship (2) was an administrative unit in Poland in years 1950-1975, superseded by the voivodships of Szczecin (1) and Gorzow Voivodship.

Capitalc city: Szczecin

List of counties in 1950-1975:
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

• Szczecin City, miasto Szczecin
• Chojna County , powiat chojeński, Chojna
• Choszczno County , powiat choszczeński, Choszczno
• Gryfice County , powiat gryficki, Gryfice
• Gryfino County , powiat gryfiński, Gryfino
• Kamien Pomorski County , powiat kamieński, Kamien Pomorski
• Lobez County , powiat łobeski, Lobez
• Mysliborz County , powiat myśliborski, Mysliborz
• Nowogard County , powiat nowogardzki, Nowogard
• Pyrzyce County , powiat pyrzycki, Pyrzyce
• Stargard County , powiat stargardzki, Stargard Szczecinski
• Szczecin County , powiat szczeciński, Szczecin
• Wolin County , powiat woliński, Wolin

New counties established 1950-1975:

• Goleniow County , powiat goleniowski, Swidwin, previously part of Nowogard and Kamien Counties

Szczecin Voivodship (3) was an administrative unit of Poland in years 1945-1950, created after WWII from the Prussian-German province of Pomerania, which were granted to Poland. In 1950 divided into the Szczecin Voivodship (2) and Koszalin Voivodship.

Capital city: Szczecin List of counties in 1946-1950:
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

• Szczecin Szczecin, miasto Szczecin
• Slupsk City, Miasto Słupsk
• Bialogard County , powiat białogardzki, Bialogard
• Bytow County , powiat bytowski, Bytow
• Chojna County , powiat chojeński, Chojna
• Choszczno County , powiat choszczeński, Choszczno
• Czluchow County, powiat człuchowski, Czluchow
• Drawsko Pomorskie County , powiat drawski, Drawsko Pomorskie
• Gryfice County , powiat gryficki, Gryfice
• Gryfino County , powiat gryfiński, Gryfino
• Kamien Pomorski County , powiat kamieński, Kamien Pomorski
• Kolobrzeg County , powiat kołobrzeski, Kolobrzeg
• Koszalin County , powiat koszaliński, Koszalin
• Lobez County , powiat łobeski, Lobez
• Miastko County , powiat miastecki, Miastko
• Mysliborz County , powiat myśliborski, Mysliborz
• Nowogard County , powiat nowogardzki, Nowogard
• Pyrzyce County , powiat pyrzycki, Pyrzyce
• Slawno County , powiat sławieński, Slawno
• Slupsk County , powiat słupski, Slupsk
• Stargard County , powiat stargardzki, Stargard Szczecinski
• Szczecin County , powiat szczeciński, Szczecin
• Szczecinek County , powiat szczecinecki, Szczecinek
• Walcz County , powiat wełecki, Walcz
• Wolin County , powiat woliński, Wolin
• Zlotow County, powiat złotowski, Zlotow

New counties established in this period:

• Koszalin City, miasto Koszalin

See also: Voivodships of Poland