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Lesser Poland Voivodeship

May 05, 2023

Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in Polish: województwo małopolskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ mawɔˈpɔlskʲɛ]), also known as Małopolska,[2] is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of 15,108 square kilometres (5,833 sq mi), and a population of 3,404,863 (2019).[3]

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Województwo małopolskie
Voivodeship
Flag
Coat of arms
Brandmark
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Coordinates (Kraków): 50°3′41″N 19°56′18″E / 50.06139°N 19.93833°E / 50.06139; 19.93833Coordinates: 50°3′41″N 19°56′18″E / 50.06139°N 19.93833°E / 50.06139; 19.93833
Country Poland
CapitalKraków
Counties
3 cities, 19 land counties *
Government
 • BodyExecutive board
 • VoivodeŁukasz Kmita (PiS)
 • MarshalWitold Kozłowski (PiS)
 • EPLesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie
Area
 • Total15,108 km2 (5,833 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total3,404,863
 • Density230/km2 (580/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,641,189
 • Rural
1,763,674
ISO 3166 codePL-12
Vehicle registrationK
HDI (2019)0.892[1]
very high · 3rd
Websitehttp://www.malopolskie.pl/
  • further divided into 182 gminas

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Kraków, Tarnów, Nowy Sącz and parts of Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Kielce and Krosno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: Małopolska. Current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only a small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region which, together with Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) and Silesia (Śląsk), formed the early medieval Polish state. Historic Lesser Poland is much larger than the current province. It stretches far north, to Radom, and Siedlce, also including such cities, as Stalowa Wola, Lublin, Kielce, Częstochowa, and Sosnowiec.

The province is bounded on the north by the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie), on the west by Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska (a broad range of hills stretching from Kraków to Częstochowa), and on the south by the Tatra, Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains. Politically it is bordered by Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north, Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the east, and Slovakia (Prešov Region and Žilina Regions) to the south.

Almost all of Lesser Poland lies in the Vistula River catchment area. The city of Kraków was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000. Kraków has railway and road connections with Katowice (expressway), Warsaw, Wrocław and Rzeszów. It lies at the crossroads of major international routes linking Dresden with Kyiv, and Gdańsk with Budapest. Located here is the second largest international airport in Poland (after Warsaw's), the John Paul II International Airport.

Economy

The gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 40.4 billion € in 2018, accounting for 8.1% of the Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €19,700 or 65% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 72% of the EU average.[4]

The region's economy includes high technology, banking, chemical and metallurgical industries, coal, ore, food processing, and spirit and tobacco industries. The most industrialized city of the voivodeship is Kraków. The largest regional enterprise operates here, the Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks in Nowa Huta, employing 17,500 people. Another major industrial center is located in the west, in the neighborhood of Chrzanów (chiefly the production of railway engines) and Oświęcim (chemical works). Kraków Park Technologiczny, a special economic zone, has been established within the voivodeship. There are almost 210,000 registered economic entities operating in the voivodeship, mostly small and medium-sized, of which 234 belong to the state-owned sector. Foreign investment, growing in the region, reached approximately US$18.3 billion by the end of 2006.

Universities

A total of 130,000 students attend fifteen Kraków institutions of higher learning. The Jagiellonian University, the largest university in the city (44,200 students), was founded in 1364 as Cracow Academy. Nicolaus Copernicus and Karol Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) graduated from it. The AGH University of Science and Technology (29,800 students) is considered to be the best technical university in Poland. The Academy of Economics, the Pedagogical University, the Kraków University of Technology and the Agricultural Academy are also very highly regarded. There are also the Fine Arts Academy, the State Theatre University and the Musical Academy. Nowy Sącz has become a major educational center in the region thanks to its Higher School of Business and Administration, with an American curriculum, founded in 1992. The school has 4,500 students. There are also two private higher schools in Tarnów.

Climate

Located in Southern Poland, Lesser Poland is the warmest place in Poland with average summer temperatures between 23 °C (73 °F) and 30 °C (86 °F) during the day, often reaching 32 °C (90 °F) to 38 °C (100 °F) in July and August, the two warmest months of the year. The city of Tarnów, which is located in Lesser Poland, is the hottest place in Poland all year round, average temperatures being around 25 °C (77 °F) during the day in the three summer months and 3 °C (37 °F) during the day in the three winter months. In the winter the weather patterns alter each year; usually winters are mildly cold with temperatures ranging from −7 °C (19 °F) to 4 °C (39 °F), but the winter season changes often to a more humid and warmer winter, or more continental and cold, depending on the many various wind patterns that affect Poland from different regions of the world. Błędów Desert, the only desert in Poland, is located in Lesser Poland, where temperatures can often reach 38 °C (100 °F) in the summer.

Tourism

Four national parks and numerous reserves have been established in the voivodeship to protect the environment of Lesser Poland. The region has areas for tourism and recreation, including Zakopane (Poland's most popular winter resort) and the Tatra, Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains. The natural landscape features many historic sites. The salt mine at Wieliczka, the pilgrimage town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, and Kraków's Old Town are ranked by UNESCO among the most precious sites of world heritage. At Wadowice, birthplace of John Paul II (50 kilometers southwest of Kraków) is a museum dedicated to the late pope's childhood. The area of Oświęcim, with the former Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz-I and Auschwitz-II-Birkenau, as well as the Auschwitz Jewish Center, is visited annually by a million people. Another tourist destination is the town of Bochnia with its salt mine, Europe's oldest.

List of cities and towns

 
Kraków, capital of Lesser Poland

The voivodeship contains 4 cities and 58 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2019[3]):

Cities (governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta):
  1. Kraków (774,839)
  2. Tarnów (108,580)
  3. Nowy Sącz (83,813)
  4. Oświęcim (38,120)

Towns:

  1. Chrzanów (36,717)
  2. Olkusz (35,421)
  3. Nowy Targ (33,357)
  4. Bochnia (29,814)
  5. Gorlice (27,442)
  6. Zakopane (27,078)
  7. Skawina (24,340)
  8. Andrychów (20,143)
  9. Kęty (18,705)
  10. Wadowice (18,778)
  11. Wieliczka (23,565)
  12. Trzebinia (19,778)
  13. Myślenice (18,349)
  14. Libiąż (17,017)
  15. Brzesko (16,792)
  16. Limanowa (15,157)
  17. Rabka-Zdrój (12,746)
  18. Brzeszcze (11,185)
  19. Miechów (11,612)
  20. Dąbrowa Tarnowska (11,889)
  21. Krynica-Zdrój (10,635)
  22. Bukowno (10,141)
  23. Krzeszowice (10,014)
  24. Sucha Beskidzka (9,114)
  25. Wolbrom (8,561)
  26. Chełmek (9,073)
  27. Stary Sącz (9,071)
  28. Niepołomice (13,276)
  29. Mszana Dolna (7,944)
  30. Szczawnica (5,732)
  31. Tuchów (6,627)
  32. Sułkowice (6,637)
  33. Proszowice (5,976)
  34. Dobczyce (6,444)
  35. Grybów (6,026)
  36. Maków Podhalański (5,841)
  37. Piwniczna-Zdrój (5,884)
  38. Jordanów (5,346)
  39. Muszyna (4,800)
  40. Biecz (4,590)
  41. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (4,496)
  42. Słomniki (4,343)
  43. Żabno (4,234)
  44. Szczucin (4,157)
  45. Zator (3,677)
  46. Skała (3,798)
  47. Alwernia (3,368)
  48. Wojnicz (3,328)
  49. Bobowa (3,136)
  50. Radłów (2,765)
  51. Ryglice (2,839)
  52. Nowy Wiśnicz (2,757)
  53. Ciężkowice (2,473)
  54. Czchów (2,345)
  55. Świątniki Górne (2,431)
  56. Nowe Brzesko (1,663)
  57. Zakliczyn (1,631)
  58. Koszyce (779)

Settlements:

Administrative division

Lesser Poland Voivodeship is divided into 22 counties (powiats): 3 city counties and 19 land counties. These are further divided into 182 gminas.

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

English and
Polish names 		Area
(km2) 		Population
(2019) 		Seat Other towns Total
gminas
City counties
Kraków 327 774,839 1
Tarnów 72 108,580 1
Nowy Sącz 57 83,813 1
Land counties
Kraków County
powiat krakowski 		1,230 278,219 Kraków * Skawina, Krzeszowice, Słomniki, Skała, Świątniki Górne 17
Nowy Sącz County
powiat nowosądecki 		1,550 216,429 Nowy Sącz * Krynica-Zdrój, Stary Sącz, Grybów, Piwniczna-Zdrój, Muszyna 16
Tarnów County
powiat tarnowski 		1,413 201,509 Tarnów * Tuchów, Żabno, Wojnicz, Radłów, Ryglice, Ciężkowice, Zakliczyn 16
Nowy Targ County
powiat nowotarski 		1,475 191,669 Nowy Targ Rabka-Zdrój, Szczawnica 14
Wadowice County
powiat wadowicki 		646 160,080 Wadowice Andrychów, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 10
Oświęcim County
powiat oświęcimski 		406 153,632 Oświęcim Kęty, Brzeszcze, Chełmek, Zator 9
Chrzanów County
powiat chrzanowski 		371 124,937 Chrzanów Trzebinia, Libiąż, Alwernia 5
Limanowa County
powiat limanowski 		952 131,729 Limanowa Mszana Dolna 12
Myślenice County
powiat myślenicki 		673 127,262 Myślenice Sułkowice, Dobczyce 9
Olkusz County
powiat olkuski 		622 111,655 Olkusz Bukowno, Wolbrom 6
Gorlice County
powiat gorlicki 		967 108,938 Gorlice Biecz, Bobowa 10
Wieliczka County
powiat wielicki 		428 127,970 Wieliczka Niepołomice 5
Bochnia County
powiat bocheński 		649 106,626 Bochnia Nowy Wiśnicz 9
Brzesko County
powiat brzeski 		590 93,139 Brzesko Czchów 7
Sucha County
powiat suski 		686 84,160 Sucha Beskidzka Maków Podhalański, Jordanów 9
Tatra County
powiat tatrzański 		472 68,135 Zakopane 5
Dąbrowa County
powiat dąbrowski 		530 59,227 Dąbrowa Tarnowska Szczucin 7
Miechów County
powiat miechowski 		677 48,948 Miechów 7
Proszowice County
powiat proszowicki 		415 43,367 Proszowice Nowe Brzesko, Koszyce 6
* seat not part of the county

Protected areas

 
The spa town of Szczawnica in the Pieniny Mountains

Protected areas in Lesser Poland Voivodeship include six National Parks and 11 Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

Symbols

Lesser Poland Voivodeship's symbols can be blazoned as follows:

Coat of arms: A traditional Iberian shield gules, an eagle argent displayed armed, legged, beaked, langued and crowned Or.

Flag: Per fess argent and gules, a narrow fess Or.

Most popular surnames in the region

  1. Nowak: 23,671
  2. Wójcik: 13,347
  3. Zając: 10,206

International relations

The Lesser Poland Voivodeships has partnerships with the following regions:[5]

In February 2020, the French region of Centre-Val de Loire suspended its partnership with the Lesser Poland Voivodeship as a response to the anti-LGBT resolution passed by the voivodeship's authorities.[6][7][8] In September 2021, the voivodeships's authorities revoked the controversial declaration.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Radboud University Nijmegen. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  2. ^ Arkadiusz Belczyk, Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.
  3. ^ a b GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  4. ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
  5. ^ "Współpraca międzynarodowa". Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Francuski region zawiesza współpracę z Małopolską. "Jawnie homofobiczna deklaracja"". Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Zones anti-LGBT : la région Centre - Val-de-Loire rompt avec la Pologne". Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. ^ ""Zones anti-LGBT" : la région Centre-Val de Loire suspend sa coopération avec Malopolska en Pologne". Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Sukces demokratycznej opozycji: Sejmik uchylił deklarację anty-LGBT" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 September 2021.

References

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
  • Małopolskie Voivodship Official Site
  • Photo- and Topographic Maps of the whole region
  • Agency for Regional Development of Lesser Poland - MARR
  • Tourism Information of Małopolskie Voivodship
  • Info about the Smaller Poland - Malopolska Province

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Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province in Polish wojewodztwo malopolskie vɔjɛˈvut stfɔ mawɔˈpɔlskʲɛ also known as Malopolska 2 is a voivodeship province in southern Poland It has an area of 15 108 square kilometres 5 833 sq mi and a population of 3 404 863 2019 3 Lesser Poland Voivodeship Wojewodztwo malopolskieVoivodeshipFlagCoat of armsBrandmarkLocation within PolandDivision into countiesCoordinates Krakow 50 3 41 N 19 56 18 E 50 06139 N 19 93833 E 50 06139 19 93833 Coordinates 50 3 41 N 19 56 18 E 50 06139 N 19 93833 E 50 06139 19 93833Country PolandCapitalKrakowCounties3 cities 19 land counties KrakowNowy SaczTarnowBochnia CountyBrzesko CountyChrzanow CountyDabrowa CountyGorlice CountyKrakow CountyLimanowa CountyMiechow CountyMyslenice CountyNowy Sacz CountyNowy Targ CountyOlkusz CountyOswiecim CountyProszowice CountySucha CountyTarnow CountyTatra CountyWadowice CountyWieliczka CountyGovernment BodyExecutive board VoivodeLukasz Kmita PiS MarshalWitold Kozlowski PiS EPLesser Poland and SwietokrzyskieArea Total15 108 km2 5 833 sq mi Population 2019 Total3 404 863 Density230 km2 580 sq mi Urban1 641 189 Rural1 763 674ISO 3166 codePL 12Vehicle registrationKHDI 2019 0 892 1 very high 3rdWebsitehttp www malopolskie pl further divided into 182 gminasIt was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Krakow Tarnow Nowy Sacz and parts of Bielsko Biala Katowice Kielce and Krosno Voivodeships pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998 The province s name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region Lesser Poland or in Polish Malopolska Current Lesser Poland Voivodeship however covers only a small part of the broader ancient Malopolska region which together with Greater Poland Wielkopolska and Silesia Slask formed the early medieval Polish state Historic Lesser Poland is much larger than the current province It stretches far north to Radom and Siedlce also including such cities as Stalowa Wola Lublin Kielce Czestochowa and Sosnowiec The province is bounded on the north by the Swietokrzyskie Mountains Gory Swietokrzyskie on the west by Jura Krakowsko Czestochowska a broad range of hills stretching from Krakow to Czestochowa and on the south by the Tatra Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains Politically it is bordered by Silesian Voivodeship to the west Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship to the north Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the east and Slovakia Presov Region and Zilina Regions to the south Almost all of Lesser Poland lies in the Vistula River catchment area The city of Krakow was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000 Krakow has railway and road connections with Katowice expressway Warsaw Wroclaw and Rzeszow It lies at the crossroads of major international routes linking Dresden with Kyiv and Gdansk with Budapest Located here is the second largest international airport in Poland after Warsaw s the John Paul II International Airport Contents 1 Economy 2 Universities 3 Climate 4 Tourism 5 List of cities and towns 6 Administrative division 7 Protected areas 8 Symbols 9 Most popular surnames in the region 10 International relations 11 See also 12 Notes 13 ReferencesEconomy EditThe gross domestic product GDP of the province was 40 4 billion in 2018 accounting for 8 1 of the Polish economic output GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 19 700 or 65 of the EU27 average in the same year The GDP per employee was 72 of the EU average 4 The region s economy includes high technology banking chemical and metallurgical industries coal ore food processing and spirit and tobacco industries The most industrialized city of the voivodeship is Krakow The largest regional enterprise operates here the Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks in Nowa Huta employing 17 500 people Another major industrial center is located in the west in the neighborhood of Chrzanow chiefly the production of railway engines and Oswiecim chemical works Krakow Park Technologiczny a special economic zone has been established within the voivodeship There are almost 210 000 registered economic entities operating in the voivodeship mostly small and medium sized of which 234 belong to the state owned sector Foreign investment growing in the region reached approximately US 18 3 billion by the end of 2006 Universities EditA total of 130 000 students attend fifteen Krakow institutions of higher learning The Jagiellonian University the largest university in the city 44 200 students was founded in 1364 as Cracow Academy Nicolaus Copernicus and Karol Wojtyla Pope John Paul II graduated from it The AGH University of Science and Technology 29 800 students is considered to be the best technical university in Poland The Academy of Economics the Pedagogical University the Krakow University of Technology and the Agricultural Academy are also very highly regarded There are also the Fine Arts Academy the State Theatre University and the Musical Academy Nowy Sacz has become a major educational center in the region thanks to its Higher School of Business and Administration with an American curriculum founded in 1992 The school has 4 500 students There are also two private higher schools in Tarnow Climate EditLocated in Southern Poland Lesser Poland is the warmest place in Poland with average summer temperatures between 23 C 73 F and 30 C 86 F during the day often reaching 32 C 90 F to 38 C 100 F in July and August the two warmest months of the year The city of Tarnow which is located in Lesser Poland is the hottest place in Poland all year round average temperatures being around 25 C 77 F during the day in the three summer months and 3 C 37 F during the day in the three winter months In the winter the weather patterns alter each year usually winters are mildly cold with temperatures ranging from 7 C 19 F to 4 C 39 F but the winter season changes often to a more humid and warmer winter or more continental and cold depending on the many various wind patterns that affect Poland from different regions of the world Bledow Desert the only desert in Poland is located in Lesser Poland where temperatures can often reach 38 C 100 F in the summer Tourism Edit The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Four national parks and numerous reserves have been established in the voivodeship to protect the environment of Lesser Poland The region has areas for tourism and recreation including Zakopane Poland s most popular winter resort and the Tatra Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains The natural landscape features many historic sites The salt mine at Wieliczka the pilgrimage town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and Krakow s Old Town are ranked by UNESCO among the most precious sites of world heritage At Wadowice birthplace of John Paul II 50 kilometers southwest of Krakow is a museum dedicated to the late pope s childhood The area of Oswiecim with the former Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau as well as the Auschwitz Jewish Center is visited annually by a million people Another tourist destination is the town of Bochnia with its salt mine Europe s oldest List of cities and towns Edit Krakow capital of Lesser Poland Tarnow Nowy Sacz Oswiecim Chrzanow Olkusz Nowy Targ Bochnia The voivodeship contains 4 cities and 58 towns These are listed below in descending order of population according to official figures for 2019 3 Cities governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta Krakow 774 839 Tarnow 108 580 Nowy Sacz 83 813 Oswiecim 38 120 Towns Chrzanow 36 717 Olkusz 35 421 Nowy Targ 33 357 Bochnia 29 814 Gorlice 27 442 Zakopane 27 078 Skawina 24 340 Andrychow 20 143 Kety 18 705 Wadowice 18 778 Wieliczka 23 565 Trzebinia 19 778 Myslenice 18 349 Libiaz 17 017 Brzesko 16 792 Limanowa 15 157 Rabka Zdroj 12 746 Brzeszcze 11 185 Miechow 11 612 Dabrowa Tarnowska 11 889 Krynica Zdroj 10 635 Bukowno 10 141 Krzeszowice 10 014 Sucha Beskidzka 9 114 Wolbrom 8 561 Chelmek 9 073 Stary Sacz 9 071 Niepolomice 13 276 Mszana Dolna 7 944 Szczawnica 5 732 Tuchow 6 627 Sulkowice 6 637 Proszowice 5 976 Dobczyce 6 444 Grybow 6 026 Makow Podhalanski 5 841 Piwniczna Zdroj 5 884 Jordanow 5 346 Muszyna 4 800 Biecz 4 590 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 4 496 Slomniki 4 343 Zabno 4 234 Szczucin 4 157 Zator 3 677 Skala 3 798 Alwernia 3 368 Wojnicz 3 328 Bobowa 3 136 Radlow 2 765 Ryglice 2 839 Nowy Wisnicz 2 757 Ciezkowice 2 473 Czchow 2 345 Swiatniki Gorne 2 431 Nowe Brzesko 1 663 Zakliczyn 1 631 Koszyce 779 Settlements KoninkiAdministrative division EditLesser Poland Voivodeship is divided into 22 counties powiats 3 city counties and 19 land counties These are further divided into 182 gminas The counties are listed in the following table ordering within categories is by decreasing population English andPolish names Area km2 Population 2019 Seat Other towns TotalgminasCity countiesKrakow 327 774 839 1Tarnow 72 108 580 1Nowy Sacz 57 83 813 1Land countiesKrakow Countypowiat krakowski 1 230 278 219 Krakow Skawina Krzeszowice Slomniki Skala Swiatniki Gorne 17Nowy Sacz Countypowiat nowosadecki 1 550 216 429 Nowy Sacz Krynica Zdroj Stary Sacz Grybow Piwniczna Zdroj Muszyna 16Tarnow Countypowiat tarnowski 1 413 201 509 Tarnow Tuchow Zabno Wojnicz Radlow Ryglice Ciezkowice Zakliczyn 16Nowy Targ Countypowiat nowotarski 1 475 191 669 Nowy Targ Rabka Zdroj Szczawnica 14Wadowice Countypowiat wadowicki 646 160 080 Wadowice Andrychow Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 10Oswiecim Countypowiat oswiecimski 406 153 632 Oswiecim Kety Brzeszcze Chelmek Zator 9Chrzanow Countypowiat chrzanowski 371 124 937 Chrzanow Trzebinia Libiaz Alwernia 5Limanowa Countypowiat limanowski 952 131 729 Limanowa Mszana Dolna 12Myslenice Countypowiat myslenicki 673 127 262 Myslenice Sulkowice Dobczyce 9Olkusz Countypowiat olkuski 622 111 655 Olkusz Bukowno Wolbrom 6Gorlice Countypowiat gorlicki 967 108 938 Gorlice Biecz Bobowa 10Wieliczka Countypowiat wielicki 428 127 970 Wieliczka Niepolomice 5Bochnia Countypowiat bochenski 649 106 626 Bochnia Nowy Wisnicz 9Brzesko Countypowiat brzeski 590 93 139 Brzesko Czchow 7Sucha Countypowiat suski 686 84 160 Sucha Beskidzka Makow Podhalanski Jordanow 9Tatra Countypowiat tatrzanski 472 68 135 Zakopane 5Dabrowa Countypowiat dabrowski 530 59 227 Dabrowa Tarnowska Szczucin 7Miechow Countypowiat miechowski 677 48 948 Miechow 7Proszowice Countypowiat proszowicki 415 43 367 Proszowice Nowe Brzesko Koszyce 6 seat not part of the countyProtected areas Edit The spa town of Szczawnica in the Pieniny Mountains Czarny Staw in the High Tatras Protected areas in Lesser Poland Voivodeship include six National Parks and 11 Landscape Parks These are listed below Babia Gora National Park a UNESCO designated biosphere reserve Gorce National Park Magura National Park partly in Subcarpathian Voivodeship Ojcow National Park Pieniny National Park Tatra National Park part of a UNESCO biosphere reserve shared with Slovakia Bielany Tyniec Landscape Park Ciezkowice Roznow Landscape Park Dlubnia Landscape Park Eagle Nests Landscape Park partly in Silesian Voivodeship Krakow Valleys Landscape Park Little Beskids Landscape Park partly in Silesian Voivodeship Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park partly in Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poprad Landscape Park Rudno Landscape Park Tenczynek Landscape Park Wisnicz Lipnica Landscape ParkSymbols EditLesser Poland Voivodeship s symbols can be blazoned as follows Coat of arms A traditional Iberian shield gules an eagle argent displayed armed legged beaked langued and crowned Or Flag Per fess argent and gules a narrow fess Or Most popular surnames in the region EditNowak 23 671 Wojcik 13 347 Zajac 10 206International relations EditThe Lesser Poland Voivodeships has partnerships with the following regions 5 Thuringia Germany Auvergne Rhone Alpes France Presov Region Slovakia Zilina Region Slovakia Lviv Oblast Ukraine Cluj County Romania Sverdlovsk Oblast Russia Latgale Latvia Jiangsu China Andhra Pradesh India Uppsala County Sweden Kurdistan Region Iraq Istria County Croatia Adjara Georgia In February 2020 the French region of Centre Val de Loire suspended its partnership with the Lesser Poland Voivodeship as a response to the anti LGBT resolution passed by the voivodeship s authorities 6 7 8 In September 2021 the voivodeships s authorities revoked the controversial declaration 9 See also EditLesser Polish Way Second Polish Republic s Krakow Voivodeship 1919 1939 Notes Edit Sub national HDI Subnational HDI Global Data Lab 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 GUS Population Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019 As of 30th June stat gov pl Retrieved 2020 09 11 Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30 to 263 of the EU average in 2018 Eurostat Wspolpraca miedzynarodowa Retrieved 8 March 2020 Francuski region zawiesza wspolprace z Malopolska Jawnie homofobiczna deklaracja Retrieved 8 March 2020 Zones anti LGBT la region Centre Val de Loire rompt avec la Pologne Retrieved 8 March 2020 Zones anti LGBT la region Centre Val de Loire suspend sa cooperation avec Malopolska en Pologne Retrieved 8 March 2020 Sukces demokratycznej opozycji Sejmik uchylil deklaracje anty LGBT in Polish Retrieved 27 September 2021 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lesser Poland Voivodeship Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lesser Poland Voivodeship Malopolskie Voivodship Official Site Photo and Topographic Maps of the whole region Poland Climate Agency for Regional Development of Lesser Poland MARR Tourism Information of Malopolskie Voivodship Malopolska Province invites Photos of Krakow Tatry Zakopane Info about the Smaller Poland Malopolska Province Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lesser Poland Voivodeship amp oldid 1149184933, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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