Voïvodie de Łódź
The Voïvodie de Łódź (in Polish Województwo łódzkie ) is one of the 16 administrative areas (Voïvodie S) of the Poland. Łódź is the chief town of the voïvodie.
The voïvodie was creates on January 1st 1999 old voïvodies of Łódź, Sieradz, Piotrków Trybunalski, Skierniewice and of part of old the voïvodie of Płock, following a law of 1998 reorganizing the administrative cutting of the country. It is divided into 24 districts ( powiats ) including 3 cities having of the rights of district, and 177 communes. The name of the voïvodie refers to the most important city of the area.
The voïvodie has a Superficie of 18.219 km2 and counts 2.597.094 inhabitants (at December 31st, 2003).
The voïvodie is located in the center-south of Poland.
Policy
The diétine (Sejmik) of Lodz to the following composition (elections of November 22nd, 2002):
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Alliance of the democratic left, 8 seats.
- Self-defense of the Republic of Poland, 7 seats.
- League of the Polish families, 6 seats.
- Polish Popular party, 6 seats.
- Klub Aktywnych Radnych, 4 seats.
- Inicjatywa Rozsądnych Polaków, 2 seats.
- Independent, 2 seats.
- Civic platform, 1 seat.
More big cities
(Population in 2003)
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Łódź (779 129)
- Piotrków Trybunalski (80 510)
- Pabianice (71 920)
- Tomaszów Mazowiecki (67 372)
- Bełchatów (62 670)
- Zgierz (58 201)
- Kutno (48 484)
- Radomsko (49 687)
- Skierniewice (48 667)
- Zduńska Wola (44 720)
- Sieradz (44 512)
Economy
Principal branches of industry:
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agro-alimentary textile industry
- electromechanical energy
- chemical
- glass and ceramic
- cement
The most frequent family names
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1. Nowak: 15.460
- 2. Kowalski: 15.005
- 3. Kowalczyk: 13.121
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