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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship - Definition and Overview

Kujavian-Pomeranian voivodship since
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Kujavian-Pomeranian voivodship since 1999

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Coat of Arms of Kuyavia-Pomerania

The Kujavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in central-northern Poland.

Created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Bydgoszcz, Torun and Wloclawek voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the 2 historical regions of Pomerania and Kuyavia (or Cuiavia).

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Major cities and towns

(population in 2003):

Administrative division

Major corporations

Most popular surnames in the region

See also:


 
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Voivodships of Poland
Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Łódź | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Świętokrzyskie | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania
Principal cities
Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn


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