Lower Silesian voivodship - subdivisions (Poland) (original) (raw)

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- Cities with county status
- Counties and districts
- Use of county flags See also:
- Poland
- Polish municipal flags
- Dolnośląskie voivodship symbols
Poland is divided into 16 Voivodships (provinces), which are in turn divided into 314 Powiatu (counties)
and 65 "miasta na prawach powiatu" (cities with powiat status).
The counties are in turn divided into "gminy" (translated as districts or communes), which are of 3 types:
- gmina miejska, or urban district, consisting of a town
- gmina miejsko-wiejska, or urban-rural, consisting of a town ("miasto") and the surrounding rural area ("obszar wiejski")
- gmina wiejska, or rural district, consisting of several villages. In many cases two districts will share the same name, one for the town, and one for the surrounding countryside.
Cities with county status
Counties (powiatu) and districts (gminy)
*Wałbrzych is now an independent city, not part of any county.
Use of county flags
In the three Silesian voivodships in Poland - Dolnośląskie, Opoleand Śląskie - these flags can be used by_powiaty_(counties):
1. Territorial flag without Coat of Arms (color?)
2. Service flag for the county government (color + Coat of Arms)
3. Standard for festive occasions (not everywhere)
4. Flag of the Mayor of the county (not everywhere)
Jens Pattke, 7 Jan 2002