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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship
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):
- Bydgoszcz (384.700);
- Torun (205.800);
- Wloclawek (123.600)
- Grudziadz (102.700);
- Inowroclaw (79.500);
- Brodnica (28.200);
- Swiecie (27.400);
- Chelmno (21.800);
- Naklo nad Notecia (20.100).
Administrative division
- Aleksandrow Kujawski County , Aleksandrow Kujawski
- Brodnica County , Brodnica
- Bydgoszcz City County
- Bydgoszcz County , Bydgoszcz
- Chelmno County , Chelmno
- Golub-Dobrzyn County , Golub-Dobrzyn
- Grudziadz City County
- Grudziadz County , Grudziadz
- Inowroclaw County , Inowroclaw
- Lipno County , Lipno
- Mogilno County , Mogilno
- Naklo County , Naklo nad Notecia
- Radziejow County , Radziejow
- Rypin County , Rypin
- Sepolno County , Sepolno
- Swiecie County , Swiecie
- Torun City County
- Torun County, Torun
- Tuchola County , Tuchola
- Wabrzezno County , Wabrzezno
- Wloclawek City County
- Wloclawek County , Wloclawek
- Znin County , Znin
Major corporations
- Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa SA , Torun
- Frantschach Świecie SA , Swiecie
- Anwil SA , Wloclawek
- Torfarm SA , Torun
- Zachem SA , Bydgoszcz
- Zakład Energetyczny Toruń SA , Torun
- Elana SA , Torun
- Zakłady Tłuszczowe Kruszwica SA , Kruszwica
- ThyssenKrupp Energostal SA , Torun
- Agrolok sp. z o.o. , Golub-Dobrzyn
- CPP-Toruń-Pacific sp. z o.o. , Torun
- Adriana SA , Kijewo Królewskie
- PUH Chemirol sp. z o.o. , Mogilno
- Soda Matwy IZCh SA , Inowroclaw
- Fabryka Lin i Drutu Drumet SA , Wloclawek
- Zespół Elektrociepłowni Bydgoszcz SA , Bydgoszcz
See also:
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Voivodships of Poland Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lodz | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Swietokrzyskie | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania |
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Principal cities Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn |
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Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45