Łódź Voivodeship

The Łódź Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo łódzkie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ˈwut͡skʲɛ]), also known as the Łódź Province,[3] is a voivodeship (province) of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Łódź Voivodeship (1975–1999) and the Sieradz, Piotrków Trybunalski and Skierniewice Voivodeships and part of Płock Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź, pronounced [wut͡ɕ].

Łódź Voivodeship
Województwo łódzkie
Location within Poland
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Division into counties
Coordinates (Łódź): 51°40′N 19°26′E
Country Poland
CapitalŁódź
Counties
Government
  BodyExecutive board
  VoivodeTobiasz Bocheński (PiS)
  MarshalGrzegorz Schreiber (PiS)
  EPŁódź constituency
Area
  Total18,219 km2 (7,034 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)
  Total2,416,902 Decrease
  Urban
1,499,697 Decrease
  Rural
917,205 Decrease
GDP
 (nominal; 2014)[1]
  Total€25 billion
  Per capita€10,000
ISO 3166 codePL-10
Vehicle registrationE
HDI (2019)0.875[2]
very high · 7th
Websitewww.lodzkie.pl
*Further divided into 177 gminas

Łódź Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north and east, Świętokrzyskie 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).

Cities and towns

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):
  1. Łódź (664,071) Decrease
  2. Piotrków Trybunalski (71,252) Decrease
  3. Pabianice (63,023) Decrease
  4. Tomaszów Mazowiecki (60,529) Decrease
  5. Bełchatów (55,583) Decrease
  6. Zgierz (54,974) Decrease
  7. Skierniewice (47,031) Decrease
  8. Radomsko (44,700) Decrease
  9. Kutno (42,704) Decrease
  10. Sieradz (40,891) Decrease
  11. Zduńska Wola (40,730) Increase

Towns:

  1. Łowicz (27,436) Decrease
  2. Aleksandrów Łódzki (21,789) Increase
  3. Wieluń (21,624) Decrease
  4. Opoczno (20,409) Decrease
  5. Ozorków (18,846) Decrease
  6. Konstantynów Łódzki (18,533) Increase
  7. Rawa Mazowiecka (16,980) Decrease
  8. Łask (16,687) Decrease
  9. Głowno (13,727) Decrease
  10. Łęczyca (13,587) Decrease
  11. Koluszki (12,687) Decrease
  12. Brzeziny (12,326) Decrease
  13. Wieruszów (8,405) Decrease
  14. Żychlin (7,866) Decrease
  15. Zelów (7,356) Decrease
  16. Tuszyn (7,193) Decrease
  17. Poddębice (7,144) Decrease
  18. Pajęczno (6,536) Decrease
  19. Sulejów (6,065) Decrease
  20. Działoszyn (5,627) Decrease
  21. Krośniewice (4,208) Decrease
  22. Drzewica (3,778) Decrease
  23. Przedbórz (3,406) Decrease
  24. Stryków (3,376) Decrease
  25. Rzgów (3,376) Decrease
  26. Złoczew (3,301) Decrease
  27. Warta (3,135) Decrease
  28. Biała Rawska (3,081) Decrease
  29. Uniejów (2,965) Increase
  30. Kamieńsk (2,670) Decrease
  31. Wolbórz (2,297) Decrease
  32. Lututów (2,269) Increase
  33. Błaszki (1,992) Decrease
  34. Szadek (1,880) Decrease
  35. Piątek (1,652) Decrease

Administrative division

Palace in Wola-Chojnata

Łódź 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
(km²)
Population
(31 December 2020)
Seat Other towns Total
gminas
City counties
Łódź 293 664,071 Decrease 1
Piotrków Trybunalski 67 71,252 Decrease 1
Skierniewice 33 47,031 Decrease 1
Land counties
Zgierz County
powiat zgierski
854 165,110 Decrease Zgierz Ozorków, Aleksandrów Łódzki, Głowno, Stryków 9
Pabianice County
powiat pabianicki
491 118,616 Decrease Pabianice Konstantynów Łódzki 7
Sieradz County
powiat sieradzki
1,491 115,959 Decrease Sieradz Złoczew, Warta, Błaszki 11
Tomaszów Mazowiecki County
powiat tomaszowski
1,026 114,620 Decrease Tomaszów Mazowiecki 11
Bełchatów County
powiat bełchatowski
969 111,784 Decrease Bełchatów Zelów 8
Radomsko County
powiat radomszczański
1,443 110,584 Decrease Radomsko Przedbórz, Kamieńsk 14
Kutno County
powiat kutnowski
886 94,363 Decrease Kutno Żychlin, Krośniewice 11
Piotrków County
powiat piotrkowski
1,429 90,727 Decrease Piotrków Trybunalski * Sulejów, Wolbórz 11
Łowicz County
powiat łowicki
987 76,820 Decrease Łowicz 10
Wieluń County
powiat wieluński
928 75,167 Decrease Wieluń 10
Opoczno County
powiat opoczyński
1,039 74,867 Decrease Opoczno Drzewica 8
Łódź East County
powiat łódzki wschodni
499 72,856 Increase Łódź * Koluszki, Tuszyn, Rzgów 6
Zduńska Wola County
powiat zduńskowolski
369 65,568 Decrease Zduńska Wola Szadek 4
Pajęczno County
powiat pajęczański
804 50,461 Decrease Pajęczno Działoszyn 8
Łask County
powiat łaski
617 49,533 Decrease Łask 5
Łęczyca County
powiat łęczycki
774 48,715 Decrease Łęczyca Piątek 8
Rawa County
powiat rawski
647 47,952 Decrease Rawa Mazowiecka Biała Rawska 6
Wieruszów County
powiat wieruszowski
576 41,759 Decrease Wieruszów Lututów 7
Poddębice County
powiat poddębicki
881 40,612 Decrease Poddębice Uniejów 6
Skierniewice County
powiat skierniewicki
756 37,915 Decrease Skierniewice * 9
Brzeziny County
powiat brzeziński
359 30,560 Decrease Brzeziny 5
* seat not part of the county

Protected areas

Protected areas in Łódź Voivodeship include seven Landscape Parks, as listed below.

Economy

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]

History

Łódź Voivodeship 1921–1939

The capital of the Łódź Voivodeship has always been Łódź, 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, 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):

Culture and education

The Rector's Office of the Lodz University of Technology

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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  5. "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
  6. Higher Education and its Finances in 2020 (PDF). Warszawa: Statistics Poland. 2021. p. 18.
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