Poland
Administrative Division
The Republic of Poland is situated in Eastern Europe, bounded to the north by the Baltic Sea and an exclave of the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad Oblast), to the northeast by Lithuania, to the east by Belarus, to the southeast by Ukraine, to the west by Germany and to the south by the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
For administrative purposes Poland is divided into 16 voivodships, 379 counties, and 2478 communes. Administration in voivodships is performed by local government and central government bodies. Local governments in a voivodship is in the hands of the voivodship assembly elected in general and direct suffrage for a period of four years and, as the executive body, the office of voivodship marszalek (head), elected by the voivodship assembly. Counties are local government units where authority is wielded by a county council elected in general and direct suffrage for a four-year period. Executive authority is implemented by the office of county starosta (head), chosen by the county council.
Communes are administrative units within the administration of the county. A commune council is elected in general and direct suffrage for a four-year period. Executive government is in the hands of a commune administrator in rural communes, of a mayor in urban-rural communes, and of a president in large urban communes, elected in direct suffrage.
NUTS structure
Poland is divided into 6 NUTS 1 units, 16 NUTS 2 units, and 45 NUTS 3 units. The NUTS 2 units correspond to the 16 voivodships.
| Code | Country | NUTS 1 | NUTS 2 | NUTS 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL | POLSKA | |||
| PL1 | CENTRALNY | |||
| PL11 | Lodzkie | |||
| PL111 | Lodzki | |||
| PL112 | Piotrkowsko-skierniewicki | |||
| PL113 | Miasto Lodz | |||
| PL12 | Mazowieckie | |||
| PL121 | Ciechanowsko-plocki | |||
| PL122 | Ostrolecko-siedlecki | |||
| PL124 | Radomski | |||
| PL126 | Warszawski | |||
| PL127 | Miasto Warszawa | |||
| PL2 | POLUDNIOWY | |||
| PL21 | Malopolskie | |||
| PL211 | Krakowsko-tarnowski | |||
| PL212 | Nowosadecki | |||
| PL213 | Miasto Krakow | |||
| PL22 | Slaskie | |||
| PL224 | Czestochowski | |||
| PL225 | Bielsko-bialski | |||
| PL226 | Centralny slaski | |||
| PL227 | Rybnicko-jastrzebski | |||
| PL3 | WSCHODNI | |||
| PL31 | Lubelskie | |||
| PL311 | Bialskopodlaski | |||
| PL312 | Chelmsko-zamojski | |||
| PL313 | Lubelski | |||
| PL32 | Podkarpackie | |||
| PL321 | Rzeszowsko-tarnobrzeski | |||
| PL322 | Krosniensko-przemyski | |||
| PL33 | Swietokrzyskie | |||
| PL330 | Swietokrzyski | |||
| PL34 | Podlaskie | |||
| PL341 | Bialostocko-suwalski | |||
| PL342 | Lomzynski | |||
| PL4 | POLNOCNO-ZACHODNI | |||
| PL41 | Wielkopolskie | |||
| PL411 | Pilski | |||
| PL412 | Poznanski | |||
| PL413 | Kaliski | |||
| PL414 | Koninski | |||
| PL415 | Miasto Poznan | |||
| PL42 | Zachodniopomorskie | |||
| PL421 | Szczecinski | |||
| PL422 | Koszalinski | |||
| PL43 | Lubuskie | |||
| PL431 | Gorzowski | |||
| PL432 | Zielonogorski | |||
| PL5 | POLUDNIOWO-ZACHODNI | |||
| PL51 | Dolnoslaskie | |||
| PL511 | Jeleniogorsko-walbrzyski | |||
| PL512 | Legnicki | |||
| PL513 | Wroclawski | |||
| PL514 | Miasto Wroclaw | |||
| PL52 | Opolskie | |||
| PL520 | Opolski | |||
| PL6 | POLNOCNY | |||
| PL61 | Kujawsko-Pomorskie | |||
| PL611 | Bydgoski | |||
| PL612 | Torunsko-wloclawski | |||
| PL62 | Warminsko-Mazurskie | |||
| PL621 | Elblaski | |||
| PL622 | Olsztynski | |||
| PL623 | Elcki | |||
| PL63 | Pomorskie | |||
| PL631 | Slupski | |||
| PL632 | Gdanski | |||
| PL633 |
Sources
Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside Poland (KSNG). Administrative Division of Poland 2006.
Eurostat: Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS Statistical Regions of Europe
