Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

Former administrative division in Poland

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Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

Województwo Bydgoskie

Voivodeship of Poland
1975–1998

The Gdańsk Voivodeship within Poland during 1975.
Capital| Bydgoszcz
Area|

• 1998

| 10,349 km2 (3,996 sq mi)
Population|

• 1998

| 1,135,200
• Type| Voivodeship
History|

• Established

| 1975

• Disestablished

| 1998
Contained within|
• Country|  Polish People's Republic (1975-1989)
Republic of Poland (1989–1998)

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Pomeranian Voivodeship

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| Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship |

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Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (Polish: województwo bydgoskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

## Statistics

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Capital city: Bydgoszcz
Area: 10,359
Statistics (1998):[1]
Population: 1,135,200 inhabitants
Population density: 110 inhabitants/km2
Administrative division: communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes):

Major cities and towns (population 1995):

* Bydgoszcz (385,800)
* Inowrocław (79,400)
* Chojnice (39,800)
* Świecie (27,000)
* Nakło nad Notecią (20,100)
* Mogilno (13,000)

## Bydgoszcz Voivodeship 1946–1975

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Bydgoszcz Voivodeship 1946–1975 was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1946–1975. Initially called the Pomeranian Voivodeship, it was created from the southern part of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodeship and superseded by the voivodeships of Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek.
Capital city: Bydgoszcz
Area: ?
Population: ?
Urban population: ?
Population density: ?

### List of counties in 1946

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English county name, Polish county name, capital city

* Bydgoszcz City, miasto Bydgoszcz
* Toruń City, miasto Toruń
* Brodnica County, powiat brodnicki, Brodnica
* Bydgoszcz County, powiat bydgoski, Bydgoszcz
* Chełmno County, powiat chełmiński, Chełmno
* Chojnice County, powiat chojnicki, Chojnice
* Grudziądz County, powiat grudziądzki, Grudziądz
* Inowrocław County, powiat inowroclawski, Inowrocław
* Lipno County, powiat lipnowski, Lipno
* Lubawa County, powiat lubawski, Lubawa
* Nieszawa County, powiat nieszawski, Nieszawa
* Rypin County, powiat rypiński, Rypin
* Sepolno County, powiat sępoleński, Sepolno Krajenskie
* Świecie County, powiat świecki, Świecie
* Szubin County, powiat szubiński, Szubin
* Toruń County, powiat toruński, Toruń
* Tuchola County, powiat tucholski, Tuchola
* Wąbrzeźno County, powiat wąbrzeski, Wąbrzeźno
* Włocławek County, powiat włocławski, Włocławek
* Wyrzysk County, powiat wyrzyski, Wyrzysk

New counties established 1946–1975:

* Mogilno County, powiat mogileński, Mogilno, transferred from Poznań Voivodeship
* Żnin County, powiat żniński, Żnin, transferred from Poznań Voivodeship
* Inowrocław City, miasto Inowrocław, previously part of Inowrocław County
* Włocławek City, miasto Włoclawek, previously part of Włoclawek County
* Aleksandrów County, powiat aleksandrowski, Aleksandrów Kujawski, previously part of Nieszawa County
* Radziejów County, powiat radziejowski, Radziejów, previously part of Aleksandrów County
* Golub-Dobrzyń County, powiat golubsko-dobrzyński, Golub-Dobrzyń, previously part of Rypin County

Abolished counties:

* Lubawa County, powiat lubawski, Lubawa, transferred to Olsztyn Voivodeship
* Nieszawa County, powiat nieszawski, Nieszawa, renamed Aleksandrów County

## References

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1. ^ Rocznik Statystyczny Wojewodztw (PDF). Warsaw: Glowny Urzad Statystyczny. 1998. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

See also: Voivodeships of Poland

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Voivodeships of Poland (1975–1998)

* Bielsko
* Biała Podlaska
* Białystok
* Bydgoszcz
* Chełm
* Ciechanów
* Częstochowa
* Elbląg
* Gdańsk
* Gorzów Wielkopolski
* Jelenia Góra
* Kalisz
* Katowice
* Kielce
* Konin
* Koszalin
* Kraków
* Krosno
* Legnica
* Leszno
* Lublin
* Łomża
* Łódź
* Nowy Sącz
* Olsztyn
* Opole
* Ostrołęka
* Piła
* Piotrków
* Płock
* Poznań
* Przemyśl
* Radom
* Rzeszów
* Siedlce
* Sieradz
* Skierniewice
* Słupsk
* Suwałki
* Szczecin
* Tarnobrzeg
* Tarnów
* Toruń
* Wałbrzych
* Warsaw
* Włocławek
* Wrocław
* Zamość
* Zielona Góra

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