Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Województwo świętokrzyskie | |||
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 Location within Poland | |||
 Division into counties | |||
| Country |
 Poland | ||
| Capital | Kielce | ||
| Counties |
1 city, 13 land counties *
Kielce
Busko County Jędrzejów County Kazimierza County Kielce County Końskie County Opatów County Ostrowiec County Pińczów County Sandomierz County Skarżysko County Starachowice County Staszów County Włoszczowa County | ||
| Area | |||
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11,672 km2 (4,507 sq mi) | ||
| * further divided into 102 gminas | |||
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province[1] (Polish: województwo świętokrzyskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ɕfjɛntɔˈkʂɨskʲɛ]), is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) mountain range. Its capital and largest city is Kielce.
Świętokrzyskie Province is bounded by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north, Lublin to the east, Subcarpathian to the southeast, Lesser Poland to the south, Silesian to the southwest, and Łódź to the northwest.
The province was created on 1 January 1999, out of the former Kielce Voivodeship and western part of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of 11,672 square kilometres (4,507 sq mi), making it the second smallest of the voivodeships (after Opole). As at 2006, the total population of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is 1,281,796.
Cities and towns[]
The voivodeship contains 31 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006[2] ):
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Administrative division[]
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties (powiats): 1 city county and 13 land counties. These are further divided into 102 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
| English and Polish names |
Area (km²) |
Population (2006) |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Kielce | 110 | 207,718 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Kielce County powiat kielecki |
2,247 | 198,581 | Kielce * | Chęciny, Chmielnik, Daleszyce, Bodzentyn | 19 |
| Ostrowiec County powiat ostrowiecki |
616 | 116,179 | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski | Ćmielów, Kunów | 6 |
| Starachowice County powiat starachowicki |
523 | 94,395 | Starachowice | Wąchock | 5 |
| Jędrzejów County powiat jędrzejowski |
1,257 | 89,304 | Jędrzejów | Sędziszów, Małogoszcz | 9 |
| Końskie County powiat konecki |
1,140 | 84,239 | Końskie | Stąporków | 8 |
| Sandomierz County powiat sandomierski |
676 | 81,733 | Sandomierz | Koprzywnica, Zawichost | 9 |
| Skarżysko County powiat skarżyski |
395 | 80,024 | Skarżysko-Kamienna | Suchedniów | 5 |
| Staszów County powiat staszowski |
925 | 74,004 | Staszów | Połaniec, Osiek | 8 |
| Busko County powiat buski |
967 | 73,940 | Busko-Zdrój | 8 | |
| Opatów County powiat opatowski |
912 | 56,645 | Opatów | Ożarów | 8 |
| Włoszczowa County powiat włoszczowski |
906 | 47,137 | Włoszczowa | 6 | |
| Pińczów County powiat pińczowski |
611 | 42,127 | Pińczów | Działoszyce | 5 |
| Kazimierza County powiat kazimierski |
422 | 35,770 | Kazimierza Wielka | Skalbmierz | 5 |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
Protected areas[]
Protected areas in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship include one National Park and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
- Świętokrzyski National Park
- Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park
- Cisów-Orłowiny Landscape Park
- Jeleniowska Landscape Park
- Kozubów Landscape Park
- Nida Landscape Park
- Przedbórz Landscape Park (partly in Łódź Voivodeship)
- Sieradowice Landscape Park
- Suchedniów-Oblęgorek Landscape Park
- Szaniec Landscape Park
Most popular surnames in the region[]
- Nowak: 5,538
- Wieczorek: 2,654
- Mazur: 2,512
See also[]
- Second Polish Republic’s Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)
- Lesser Polish Way
References[]
- ^ Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], Arkadiusz Belczyk, 2002-2006.
- ^ http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm
External links[]
Template:Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
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