Lublin voivodship since 1999

Lublin Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubelskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the eastern part of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Lublin (2), Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and partly Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name and the biggest city: Lublin.

It borders with the Podlasie (Podlaskie), Masovian (Mazowieckie), Świetokrzyskie and Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) voivodships and also with Ukraine and Belarus.

It has a population of 2,199,100 (2002).

Its area is 25,114 km&sup2 .

Administrative division

24 counties (4 city counties + 20 land counties)

• Biala Podlaska City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
• Chelm City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
• Lublin City County, miasto na prawach powiatu
• Zamość City County, miasto na prawach powiatu

• Biala Podlaska County , powiat bialski, Biala Podlaska
• Bilgoraj County , powiat biłgorajski, Bilgoraj
• Chelm County , powiat chełmski, Chelm
• Hrubieszow County , powiat hrubieszowski, Hrubieszow
• Janow Lubelski County , powiat janowski, Janow Lubelski
• Krasnystaw County , powiat krasnostawski, Krasnystaw
• Krasnik County , powiat kraśnicki, Krasnik
• Lubartow County , powiat lubartowski, Lubartow
• Lublin County , powiat lubelski, Lublin
• Leczna County , powiat łęczyński, Leczna
• Lukow County , powiat łukowski, Lukow
• Opole Lubelskie County , powiat opolski, Opole Lubelskie
• Parczew County , powiat parczewski, Parczew
• Puławy County , powiat puławski, Puławy
• Radzyn Podlaski County , powiat radzyński, Radzyn Podlaski
• Ryki County , powiat rycki, Ryki
• Swidnik County , powiat świdnicki, Swidnik
• Tomaszow Lubelski County , powiat tomaszowski, Tomaszow Lubelski
• Wlodawa County , powiat włodawski, Wlodawa
• Zamosc County, powiat zamojski, Zamosc

Most popular surnames in the region

• 1. Wójcik : 12,937
• 2. Mazurek : 9,644
• 3. Mazur : 8,019

Previous Lublin voivodships

Lublin voivodship 1975-1999

Lublin Voivodship (2) 1975-1998 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lublin Voivodship (1)

Capital city: Lublin

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

• Lublin (353,300);
• Puławy (54,300);
• Swidnik (40,300);
• Krasnik (37,500);
• Lubartow (23,500);
• Leczna (21,900).

Lublin Voivodship (3) 1945-1975 (Polish: województwo lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by Lublin (2), Chelm, Zamosc, Biala Podlaska, Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce voivodships

Capital city: Lublin

Lublin voivodship 1921-1939

Lublin Voivodship (4) 1921-1939 (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921-1939.

Capital city: Lublin

Lublin Voivodship (5) 14th c.-1795 (Latin: Palatinatus Lublinensis, Polish: Województwo Lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland created in 16th century out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodship till the partitions of Poland in 1795. It was part of Little Poland province.

Voivodship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:

• Lublin

Administrative division:

• Lublin County (Powiat Lubelski), Sandomierz
• Urzędów County (Powiat Urzędowski), Urzędów
• Wiślica County (Powiat Łukowski), Łuków

Neigbouring Voivodships:

• Mazovian Voivodship
• Podlasie Voivodship
• Brest Voivodship
• Chełm Land
• Bełz Voivodship
• Ruthenian Voivodship
• Sandomierz Voivodship

See also:

• Voivodships of Poland

External links

• Biala Podlaska
• Lublin