Masovian Voivodeship

This article is about the contemporary administrative unit. For the pre-partition one, see Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795).
Masovian Voivodeship
Województwo mazowieckie
Voivodeship

Flag
Coat of arms

Location within Poland

Division into counties
Coordinates (Warsaw): 52°13′N 21°0′E / 52.217°N 21.000°E / 52.217; 21.000Coordinates: 52°13′N 21°0′E / 52.217°N 21.000°E / 52.217; 21.000
Country  Poland
Capital Warsaw
Counties
Area
 • Total 35,579 km2 (13,737 sq mi)
Population (2006, 2014)
 • Total 5,164,612
5,324,500[1]
Vehicle registration W
GDP(nominal) 2012
 - Total $92 billion
 - Per capita $17,400([2])
Website www.mazovia.pl
  • further divided into 314 gminas

Masovian Voivodeship or Mazovia Province[3] (Polish: województwo mazowieckie [vɔjɛˈvutstfɔ mazɔˈvjɛtskʲɛ]), is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5,324,500 inhabitants.[4] Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.729 million) in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (226,000) in the south, Płock (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.

The province was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazowsze (sometimes rendered in English as "Masovia"), with which it is roughly coterminous. However, southern part of the voivodeship, with Radom, historically belongs to Małopolska (Lesser Poland), while Łomża and its surroundings, even though historically part of Masovia, now is part of Podlaskie Voivodeship.

It is bordered by six other voivodeships: Warmian-Masurian to the north, Podlaskie to the north-east, Lublin to the south-east, Świętokrzyskie to the south, Łódź to the south-west, and Kuyavian-Pomeranian to the north-west.

Population density by gmina (at 2007-01-01)
Warsaw is the capital of Poland
Radom is part of historical Lesser Poland
Płock is the historical capital of Masovia and former Polish capital
Siedlce is part of historical Lesser Poland
Pruszków is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area
Ostrołęka is part of the ethnocultural region of Kurpie
Legionowo is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area
Ciechanów is a former royal city
Otwock is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area
Żyrardów is one of the youngest cities in the voivodeship, established in 1830
Sochaczew is a former royal city
Mińsk Mazowiecki is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area

Administrative division

Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties (powiats): 5 city counties (miasto na prawach powiatu) and 37 "land counties" (powiat ziemski). These are subdivided into 314 gminas, which include 85 "urban gminas".

The counties, shown on the numbered map, are described in the table below.
Map
ref.		 English and
Polish names		 Area Population
(2014)		 Seat Other towns Total
gminas
(km²) (sq mi)
City counties
1 Warsaw
Warszawa		 517 200 1,729,119 1
(2) Ostrołęka 29 11 52,792 1
(3) Płock 88 34 122,572 1
(4) Radom 112 43 217,834 1
(5) Siedlce 32 12 76,585 1
Land counties
2 Ostrołęka County
powiat ostrołęcki		 2,099 810 88,240 Ostrołęka * Myszyniec 11
3 Płock County
powiat płocki		 1,799 695 111,067 Płock * Gąbin, Drobin, Wyszogród 15
4 Radom County
powiat radomski		 1,530 591 145,232 Radom * Pionki, Iłża, Skaryszew 13
5 Siedlce County
powiat siedlecki		 1,603 619 81,685 Siedlce * Mordy 13
6 Żuromin County
powiat żuromiński		 805 311 39,885 Żuromin Bieżuń 6
7 Mława County
powiat mławski		 1,182 456 73,919 Mława 10
8 Przasnysz County
powiat przasnyski		 1,218 470 53,448 Przasnysz Chorzele 7
9 Ciechanów County
powiat ciechanowski		 1,063 410 90,823 Ciechanów Glinojeck 9
10 Sierpc County
powiat sierpecki		 853 329 53,215 Sierpc 7
11 Maków County
powiat makowski		 1,065 411 46,435 Maków Mazowiecki Różan 10
12 Ostrów Mazowiecka County
powiat ostrowski		 1,218 470 74,464 Ostrów Mazowiecka Brok 11
13 Płońsk County
powiat płoński		 1,384 534 88,612 Płońsk Raciąż 12
14 Pułtusk County
powiat pułtuski		 829 320 51,409 Pułtusk 7
15 Wyszków County
powiat wyszkowski		 876 338 73,929 Wyszków 6
16 Gostynin County
powiat gostyniński		 616 238 46,345 Gostynin 5
17 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County
powiat nowodworski		 692 267 78,604 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Nasielsk, Zakroczym 6
18 Legionowo County
powiat legionowski		 390 151 111,660 Legionowo Serock 5
19 Wołomin County
powiat wołomiński		 955 369 230,287 Wołomin Ząbki, Marki, Kobyłka, Zielonka, Radzymin, Tłuszcz 12
20 Węgrów County
powiat węgrowski		 1,219 471 67,490 Węgrów Łochów 9
21 Sokołów County
powiat sokołowski		 1,131 437 55,511 Sokołów Podlaski Kosów Lacki 9
22 Sochaczew County
powiat sochaczewski		 731 282 85,103 Sochaczew 8
23 Warsaw West County
powiat warszawski zachodni		 533 206 111,550 Ożarów Mazowiecki Łomianki, Błonie 7
24 Mińsk County
powiat miński		 1,164 449 150,495 Mińsk Mazowiecki Sulejówek, Halinów, Kałuszyn 13
25 Łosice County
powiat łosicki		 772 298 32,046 Łosice 6
26 Żyrardów County
powiat żyrardowski		 533 206 76,413 Żyrardów Mszczonów 5
27 Grodzisk Mazowiecki County
powiat grodziski		 367 142 89,136 Grodzisk Mazowiecki Milanówek, Podkowa Leśna 6
28 Pruszków County
powiat pruszkowski		 246 95 158,765 Pruszków Piastów, Brwinów 6
29 Piaseczno County
powiat piaseczyński		 621 240 172,929 Piaseczno Konstancin-Jeziorna, Góra Kalwaria, Tarczyn 6
30 Otwock County
powiat otwocki		 615 237 122,661 Otwock Józefów, Karczew 8
31 Grójec County
powiat grójecki		 1,269 490 98,692 Grójec Warka, Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, Mogielnica 10
32 Garwolin County
powiat garwoliński		 1,284 496 108,551 Garwolin Łaskarzew, Pilawa, Żelechów 14
33 Białobrzegi County
powiat białobrzeski		 639 247 33,669 Białobrzegi Wyśmierzyce 6
34 Kozienice County
powiat kozienicki		 917 354 61,874 Kozienice 7
35 Przysucha County
powiat przysuski		 801 309 42,869 Przysucha 8
36 Zwoleń County
powiat zwoleński		 571 220 36,892 Zwoleń 5
37 Szydłowiec County
powiat szydłowiecki		 452 175 40,340 Szydłowiec 5
38 Lipsko County
powiat lipski		 748 289 35,426 Lipsko 6
* seat not part of the county

Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 85 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006):[5]

  1. Warsaw (1,700,536)
  2. Radom (219,703)
  3. Płock (127,307)
  4. Siedlce (77,047)
  5. Pruszków (61,789)
  6. Ostrołęka (53,982)
  7. Legionowo (50,698)
  8. Ciechanów (45,902)
  9. Otwock (43,247)
  10. Żyrardów (41,161)
  11. Sochaczew (37,925)
  12. Mińsk Mazowiecki (37,808)
  13. Piaseczno (37,508)
  14. Wołomin (36,711)
  15. Mława (29,702)
  16. Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (27,545)
  17. Grodzisk Mazowiecki (27,055)
  18. Wyszków (27,010)
  19. Ząbki (24,422)
  20. Marki (23,376)
  21. Piastów (23,273)
  22. Ostrów Mazowiecka (22,560)
  23. Płońsk (22,233)
  24. Pionki (19,788)
  25. Pułtusk (19,229)
  26. Gostynin (19,119)
  27. Sierpc (18,791)
  28. Sulejówek (18,676)
  29. Kozienice (18,541)
  30. Sokołów Podlaski (18,419)
  31. Józefów (18,353)
  32. Kobyłka (17,897)
  33. Zielonka (17,180)
  34. Przasnysz (17,069)
  35. Konstancin-Jeziorna (16,579)
  36. Garwolin (16,072)
  37. Łomianki (15,744)
  38. Milanówek (15,660)
  39. Grójec (14,990)
  40. Węgrów (12,606)
  41. Błonie (12,259)
  42. Szydłowiec (12,030)
  43. Brwinów (11,968)
  1. Góra Kalwaria (11,130)
  2. Warka (11,028)
  3. Karczew (10,396)
  4. Maków Mazowiecki (9,880)
  5. Żuromin (8,647)
  6. Ożarów Mazowiecki (8,237)
  7. Zwoleń (8,176)
  8. Radzymin (7,864)
  9. Nasielsk (7,364)
  10. Białobrzegi (7,320)
  11. Tłuszcz (7,283)
  12. Łosice (7,252)
  13. Łochów (6,452)
  14. Przysucha (6,245)
  15. Mszczonów (6,231)
  16. Lipsko (5,826)
  17. Iłża (5,165)
  18. Łaskarzew (4,908)
  19. Raciąż (4,752)
  20. Pilawa (4,196)
  21. Gąbin (4,137)
  22. Żelechów (4,016)
  23. Skaryszew (3,989)
  24. Tarczyn (3,886)
  25. Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą (3,832)
  26. Podkowa Leśna (3,824)
  27. Serock (3,721)
  28. Halinów (3,369)
  29. Zakroczym (3,367)
  30. Glinojeck (3,052)
  31. Myszyniec (3,014)
  32. Drobin (2,980)
  33. Kałuszyn (2,905)
  34. Chorzele (2,783)
  35. Wyszogród (2,772)
  36. Różan (2,661)
  37. Mogielnica (2,461)
  38. Kosów Lacki (2,135)
  39. Bieżuń (1,874)
  40. Brok (1,859)
  41. Mordy (1,840)
  42. Wyśmierzyce (889)

Protected areas

Cross commemorating Polish insurgent forces Jerzyki in the Kampinos National Park

Protected areas in Masovian Voivodeship include one National Park and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

Most popular surnames in the region

  1. Kowalski: 26,270
  2. Wiśniewski: 21,940
  3. Kowalczyk: 21,586
  4. Lukasik: 15,562
  5. Mazurkiewicz: Founding of Masovia Name.

Historical

Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)

For more details on this topic, see Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795).

Masovia Voivodeship, 1526–1795 (Polish: Województwo Mazowieckie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 15th century until the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeships, it formed the province (prowincja) of Masovia.

Masovian Voivodeship (1816–1837)

Masovian Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland. It was formed from Warsaw Department, and transformed into Masovia Governorate.

Transport

Warsaw Chopin Airport

There are three main road routes that pass through the voivodship: Cork-Berlin-Poznań-Warszawa-Minsk-Moscow-Omsk, Prague-Wrocław-Warsaw-Białystok-Helsinki and Pskov-Gdańsk-Warsaw-Kraków-Budapest.

Currently there are only small stretches of autostrada in the area. However, the A2 autostrada, upon its completion, will be the first autostrada to connect the region, and therefore the capital city, with the rest of Europe. The autostrada will pass directly through the voivodship from east to west connecting it with Belarus and Germany.

The railroad system is based on Koleje Mazowieckie and PKP Intercity.

The main international airport in the region is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport.

Economy

Masovian Voivodeship is the wealthiest in Poland. It produces 22% of Polish GDP, and GDP per capita is 160% of country average.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ http://warszawa.stat.gov.pl
  2. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/6839731/1-21052015-AP-EN.pdf/c3f5f43b-397c-40fd-a0a4-7e68e3bea8cd
  3. ↑ Arkadiusz Belczyk, Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.
  4. ↑ http://warszawa.stat.gov.pl
  5. ↑ "GUS - Główny Urząd Statystyczny - Błąd 404. Strona o podanym adresie nie istnieje" (in Polish). Stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

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