Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
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Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Capital city: Bydgoszcz
Area:
Statistics (1 January 1992):
Population: inhabitants
Population density: inhabitants/sq.km
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)
- Naklo nad Notecia (20,100)
- Mogilno (13,000)
Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1) 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called the Pomeranian Voivodeship, it was created from the southern part of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodeship and superseded by the voivodeships of Bydgoszcz (2), Toruń and Włocławek.
Capital city: Bydgoszcz
Area: ?
Population: ?
Urban population: ?
Population density: ?
List of counties in 1946:
English county name, Polish county name, capital city
- Bydgoszcz City, miasto Bydgoszcz
- Torun City, miasto Toruń
- Brodnica County, powiat brodnicki, Brodnica
- Bydgoszcz County, powiat bydgoski, Bydgoszcz
- Chełmno County, powiat chełmiński, Chełmno
- Chojnice County, powiat chojnicki, Chojnice
- Grudziadz County, powiat grudziądzki, Grudziadz
- Inowrocław County, powiat inowroclawski, Inowrocław
- Lipno County, powiat lipnowski/lipieński?, 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
- Wabrzezno County, powiat wąbrzeski, Wabrzezno
- Włocławek County, powiat włocławski, Włocławek
- Wyrzysk County, powiat wyrzyski, Wyrzysk
New counties established 1946–1975:
- Mogilno County, powiat mogileński, Mogilno, transferred from Poznań Voivodeship
- Znin County, powiat żniński, Znin, transferred from Poznań Voivodeship
- Inowrocław City, miasto Inowrocław, previously part of Inowrocław County
- Włocławek City, miasto Włoclawek, previously part of Włoclawek County
- Aleksandrow County, powiat aleksandrowski, Aleksandrow Kujawski, previously part of Nieszawa County
- Radziejow County, powiat radziejowski, Radziejow, previously part of Aleksandrow County
- Golub-Dobrzyn County, powiat golubsko-dobrzyński, Golub-Dobrzyn County, previously part of Rypin County
Abolished counties:
- Lubawa County, powiat lubawski, Lubawa, transferred to Olsztyn Voivodeship
- Nieszawa County, powiat nieszawski, Nieszawa, renamed Aleksandrow County
See also: Voivodeships of Poland
