The voivodeship contains 11 cities and 35 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 31 December 2021):[4]
Cities (governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta):
The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 26.7 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 6.0% of Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 19,800 euros or 66% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was also 66% of the EU average.[5]
After the change, Łódź Voivodeship's area was 20,446 square kilometres (7,894 sq mi), and its population (as for 1931) was 2,650,100. It consisted of 15 powiats (counties):
The largest cities of the voivodeship were (population according to the 1931 census):
Łódź (pop. 604,600),
Piotrków Trybunalski (pop. 51,300),
Pabianice (pop. 45,700),
Tomaszów Mazowiecki (pop. 38,000),
Zgierz (pop. 26,600),
Kutno (pop. 23,400),
Radomsko (pop. 23,000).
Source: Mały rocznik statystyczny 1939, Nakładem Glownego Urzędu Statystycznego, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939).
The next incarnation existed from 1945 until 1975 (although the city of Łódź was excluded as a separate City Voivodeship). This Łódź Voivodeship was then broken up, superseded by Łódź (see below), Sieradz, Piotrków Trybunalski, Skierniewice and partly Płock Voivodeships.
Łódź Voivodeship 1975–1998
Łódź Voivodeship, also known as Łódź Metropolitan Voivodeship (województwo miejskie łódzkie), existed from 1975 until 1998, after which it was incorporated into today's Łódź Voivodeship. Until 1990, the mayor of the city of Łódź was also the voivodeship governor.
As of 1995, major cities and towns in Łódź Metropolitan Voivodeship included (with their 1995 populations):
The basic cultural activities in the Łódź Region are: monitoring activities of seven regional self-government cultural institutions, i.e., the Arthur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic, Museum of Art in Łódź (having one of the biggest modern art collections in Europe), the Opera House, Stefan Jaracz Theater, the Museum of Archeology and Ethnography, the Józef Piłsudski Regional and Municipal Public Library in Łódź, the Chamber of Culture in Łódź but also: supporting NGO’s, protection of monuments, awarding scholarships to young artists and rewards for the prominent artists. What is more, infrastructural projects are being undertaken. Among the most important investments are: the creation of four regional scenes in Stefan Jaracz Theatre, opening the new section of the Museum of Art in Łódź - ms² or the reconstruction of medieval settlement in Tum in the vicinity of Łęczyca.
As of 2020, there were 76,897 students in various institutions of higher education in Łódź Voivodeship.[6] The major universities in the voivodeship are:
The excellent scientific staff of the higher education establishments in Łódź is complemented by Łódź’s scientists from the Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and scientific ministerial institutes working within the field of the occupational medicine, textile, paper and leather industries.
References
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^ ab"Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^"Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
^Higher Education and its Finances in 2020(PDF). Warszawa: Statistics Poland. 2021. p. 18.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Łódź (voivodship).
Województwo Łódzkie Official website
www.lodzkie.travel – tourists attractions of łódź voivodeship, a website produced by the Regional Tourist Organisation of the Łódź Voivodeship
March 09, 2023
Łódź, voivodeship, also, known, lodz, province, polish, województwo, łódzkie, vɔjɛˈvut, stfɔ, ˈwut, skʲɛ, voivodeship, province, poland, created, january, 1999, former, 1975, 1999, sieradz, piotrków, trybunalski, skierniewice, voivodeships, part, płock, voivod. The Lodz Voivodeship also known as the Lodz Province 3 Polish Wojewodztwo lodzkie vɔjɛˈvut stfɔ ˈwut skʲɛ is a voivodeship province of Poland It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Lodz Voivodeship 1975 1999 and the Sieradz Piotrkow Trybunalski and Skierniewice Voivodeships and part of Plock Voivodeship pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998 The province is named after its capital and largest city Lodz pronounced wut ɕ Lodz Voivodeship Wojewodztwo lodzkieVoivodeshipFlagCoat of armsBrandmarkLocation within PolandDivision into countiesCoordinates Lodz 51 40 N 19 26 E 51 667 N 19 433 E 51 667 19 433 Coordinates 51 40 N 19 26 E 51 667 N 19 433 E 51 667 19 433Country PolandCapitalLodzCounties3 cities 21 land counties LodzPiotrkow TrybunalskiSkierniewiceBelchatow CountyBrzeziny CountyKutno CountyLask CountyLeczyca CountyLodz East CountyLowicz CountyOpoczno CountyPabianice CountyPajeczno CountyPiotrkow CountyPoddebice CountyRadomsko CountyRawa CountySieradz CountySkierniewice CountyTomaszow Mazowiecki CountyWielun CountyWieruszow CountyZdunska Wola CountyZgierz CountyGovernment BodyExecutive board VoivodeTobiasz Bochenski PiS MarshalGrzegorz Schreiber PiS EPLodz constituencyArea Total18 219 km2 7 034 sq mi Population 31 December 2021 Total2 416 902 Urban1 499 697 Rural917 205GDP nominal 2014 1 Total 25 billion Per capita 10 000ISO 3166 codePL 10Vehicle registrationEHDI 2019 0 875 2 very high 7thWebsitewww wbr lodzkie wbr pl Further divided into 177 gminasLodz Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships Masovian to the north and east Swietokrzyskie to the south east Silesian to the south Opole to the south west Greater Poland to the west and Kuyavian Pomeranian for a short stretch to the north Its territory belongs to three historical provinces of Poland Masovia in the east Greater Poland in the west and Lesser Poland in the southeast around Opoczno Contents 1 Cities and towns 2 Administrative division 3 Protected areas 4 Economy 5 History 6 Culture and education 7 References 8 External linksCities and towns EditThe voivodeship contains 11 cities and 35 towns These are listed below in descending order of population according to official figures for 31 December 2021 4 Cities governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta Lodz 664 071 Piotrkow Trybunalski 71 252 Pabianice 63 023 Tomaszow Mazowiecki 60 529 Belchatow 55 583 Zgierz 54 974 Skierniewice 47 031 Radomsko 44 700 Kutno 42 704 Sieradz 40 891 Zdunska Wola 40 730 Towns Lowicz 27 436 Aleksandrow Lodzki 21 789 Wielun 21 624 Opoczno 20 409 Ozorkow 18 846 Konstantynow Lodzki 18 533 Rawa Mazowiecka 16 980 Lask 16 687 Glowno 13 727 Leczyca 13 587 Koluszki 12 687 Brzeziny 12 326 Wieruszow 8 405 Zychlin 7 866 Zelow 7 356 Tuszyn 7 193 Poddebice 7 144 Pajeczno 6 536 Sulejow 6 065 Dzialoszyn 5 627 Krosniewice 4 208 Drzewica 3 778 Przedborz 3 406 Strykow 3 376 Rzgow 3 376 Zloczew 3 301 Warta 3 135 Biala Rawska 3 081 Uniejow 2 965 Kamiensk 2 670 Wolborz 2 297 Lututow 2 269 Blaszki 1 992 Szadek 1 880 Piatek 1 652 Administrative division Edit Lodz Piotrkow Trybunalski Pabianice Kutno Palace in Wola Chojnata Lodz Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties powiats 3 city counties and 21 land counties These are further divided into 177 gminas The counties are listed in the following table ordering within categories is by decreasing population 4 English and Polish names Area km Population 31 December 2020 Seat Other towns Total gminasCity countiesLodz 293 664 071 1Piotrkow Trybunalski 67 71 252 1Skierniewice 33 47 031 1Land countiesZgierz County powiat zgierski 854 165 110 Zgierz Ozorkow Aleksandrow Lodzki Glowno Strykow 9Pabianice County powiat pabianicki 491 118 616 Pabianice Konstantynow Lodzki 7Sieradz County powiat sieradzki 1 491 115 959 Sieradz Zloczew Warta Blaszki 11Tomaszow Mazowiecki County powiat tomaszowski 1 026 114 620 Tomaszow Mazowiecki 11Belchatow County powiat belchatowski 969 111 784 Belchatow Zelow 8Radomsko County powiat radomszczanski 1 443 110 584 Radomsko Przedborz Kamiensk 14Kutno County powiat kutnowski 886 94 363 Kutno Zychlin Krosniewice 11Piotrkow County powiat piotrkowski 1 429 90 727 Piotrkow Trybunalski Sulejow Wolborz 11Lowicz County powiat lowicki 987 76 820 Lowicz 10Wielun County powiat wielunski 928 75 167 Wielun 10Opoczno County powiat opoczynski 1 039 74 867 Opoczno Drzewica 8Lodz East County powiat lodzki wschodni 499 72 856 Lodz Koluszki Tuszyn Rzgow 6Zdunska Wola County powiat zdunskowolski 369 65 568 Zdunska Wola Szadek 4Pajeczno County powiat pajeczanski 804 50 461 Pajeczno Dzialoszyn 8Lask County powiat laski 617 49 533 Lask 5Leczyca County powiat leczycki 774 48 715 Leczyca Piatek 8Rawa County powiat rawski 647 47 952 Rawa Mazowiecka Biala Rawska 6Wieruszow County powiat wieruszowski 576 41 759 Wieruszow Lututow 7Poddebice County powiat poddebicki 881 40 612 Poddebice Uniejow 6Skierniewice County powiat skierniewicki 756 37 915 Skierniewice 9Brzeziny County powiat brzezinski 359 30 560 Brzeziny 5 seat not part of the countyProtected areas Edit Lodz Hills Landscape Park Protected areas in Lodz Voivodeship include seven Landscape Parks as listed below Bolimow Landscape Park partly in Masovian Voivodeship Lodz Hills Landscape Park Przedborz Landscape Park partly in Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship Spala Landscape Park Sulejow Landscape Park Warta Widawka Landscape Park Zalecze Landscape Park partly in Silesian Voivodeship Economy EditThe Gross domestic product GDP of the province was 26 7 billion euros in 2018 accounting for 6 0 of Polish economic output GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 19 800 euros or 66 of the EU27 average in the same year The GDP per employee was also 66 of the EU average 5 History EditFurther information Lodz Voivodeship 1919 1939 Lodz Voivodeship 1921 1939 The capital of the Lodz Voivodeship has always been Lodz but the area of land which it comprises has changed several times The first was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Second Polish Republic in the years 1921 1939 In 1938 some western counties were ceded to Greater Poland Voivodeship see Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1 1938 After the change Lodz Voivodeship s area was 20 446 square kilometres 7 894 sq mi and its population as for 1931 was 2 650 100 It consisted of 15 powiats counties Brzeziny county Konskie county Kutno county Lask county Leczyca county Lowicz county city of Lodz county powiat lodzki grodzki Lodz county Opoczno county Piotrkow Trybunalski county Radomsko county Rawa Mazowiecka county Sieradz county Skierniewice county Wielun county The largest cities of the voivodeship were population according to the 1931 census Lodz pop 604 600 Piotrkow Trybunalski pop 51 300 Pabianice pop 45 700 Tomaszow Mazowiecki pop 38 000 Zgierz pop 26 600 Kutno pop 23 400 Radomsko pop 23 000 Source Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939 Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego Warszawa 1939 Concise Statistical Year Book of Poland Warsaw 1939 The next incarnation existed from 1945 until 1975 although the city of Lodz was excluded as a separate City Voivodeship This Lodz Voivodeship was then broken up superseded by Lodz see below Sieradz Piotrkow Trybunalski Skierniewice and partly Plock Voivodeships Lodz Voivodeship 1975 1998 Lodz Voivodeship also known as Lodz Metropolitan Voivodeship wojewodztwo miejskie lodzkie existed from 1975 until 1998 after which it was incorporated into today s Lodz Voivodeship Until 1990 the mayor of the city of Lodz was also the voivodeship governor As of 1995 major cities and towns in Lodz Metropolitan Voivodeship included with their 1995 populations Lodz 825 600 Pabianice 75 700 Zgierz 59 100 Ozorkow 21 900 Aleksandrow Lodzki 20 400 Culture and education Edit The Rector s Office of the Lodz University of Technology National Film School in Lodz The basic cultural activities in the Lodz Region are monitoring activities of seven regional self government cultural institutions i e the Arthur Rubinstein Lodz Philharmonic Museum of Art in Lodz having one of the biggest modern art collections in Europe the Opera House Stefan Jaracz Theater the Museum of Archeology and Ethnography the Jozef Pilsudski Regional and Municipal Public Library in Lodz the Chamber of Culture in Lodz but also supporting NGO s protection of monuments awarding scholarships to young artists and rewards for the prominent artists What is more infrastructural projects are being undertaken Among the most important investments are the creation of four regional scenes in Stefan Jaracz Theatre opening the new section of the Museum of Art in Lodz ms or the reconstruction of medieval settlement in Tum in the vicinity of Leczyca As of 2020 there were 76 897 students in various institutions of higher education in Lodz Voivodeship 6 The major universities in the voivodeship are University of Lodz Lodz University of Technology National Film School in Lodz Medical University of Lodz Higher School of National Economy in Kutno Academy of Fine Arts In Lodz Jan Kochanowski University in Piotrkow TrybunalskiThe excellent scientific staff of the higher education establishments in Lodz is complemented by Lodz s scientists from the Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences PAN and scientific ministerial institutes working within the field of the occupational medicine textile paper and leather industries References Edit Archived copy Archived from the original on 2016 02 29 Retrieved 2016 02 28 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Sub national HDI Subnational HDI globaldatalab org Radboud University Nijmegen Retrieved 2021 12 13 Arkadiusz Belczyk Tlumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na jezyk angielski Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English 2002 2006 a b Local Data Bank Statistics Poland Retrieved 26 August 2022 Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30 to 263 of the EU average in 2018 Eurostat Higher Education and its Finances in 2020 PDF Warszawa Statistics Poland 2021 p 18 External links Edit Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lodz voivodship Wojewodztwo Lodzkie Official website www lodzkie travel tourists attractions of lodz voivodeship a website produced by the Regional Tourist Organisation of the Lodz Voivodeship Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lodz Voivodeship amp oldid 1121464950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
