Wilno County was a
county with capital in
Vilanus located in the
Republic of Central Lithuania, and later ''de jure'' in
Wilno Land
Wilno Land was a district of Poland, with capital in Vilnius, that existed from 13 April 1922 until 20 January 1926. The territory was formed in 1922 from territories of the Republic of Central Lithuania incorporated into Poland,''Skorowidz miejsco ...
,
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...
. Between 1920 and 1922 it was a county in
Republic of Central Lithuania, established in place of former
Vilensky Uyezd Vilensky Uyezd (russian: Виленский уезд) was one of the uyezds of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Vilna.
History
It was established in 1795 under the Vilna Governorate. The Soviet authorities formally abolished it in 1924.
Demogr ...
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Vilna Governorate. In 1922, following the incorporation of Central Lithuania into Poland, the county become a part of then established Wilno Land. In 1921, the county had informally united with
Troki County
Trakai (; see names section for alternative and historic names) is a historic town and lake resort in Lithuania. It lies west of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Because of its proximity to Vilnius, Trakai is a popular tourist destination. T ...
, and between 1923 and 1924 they had been formally transformed into
Wilno-Troki County
Wilno-Troki County was a county with capital in Vilnius located in Wilno Land, and later, Wilno Voivodeship, in Poland. It originated from informal unification of administration, between the counties of Wilno and Troki, that existed from 1921 to ...
. In 1921, from the county was separated city of
Vilanus, that was reformed into a separate county.
[Dz. U. TKR nr 9 (19), dekret nr 96, 18 February 1921.]
Administration division
Urban municipalities
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Vilnius (1920–1921)
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Nowa Wilejka
Naujoji Vilnia is an Elderships of Lithuania, eldership in eastern Vilnius, Lithuania situated along the banks of the Vilnia River. According to the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 31,933. This figure grew to 36,507 in 2021, whe ...
Rular municipalities
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Worniany
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Mejszagoła
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Mickuny
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Niemenczyn
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Rzesza
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Soleczniki
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Szumsk
Szumsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzgowo, within Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Dzierzgowo, east of Mława, and north of Warsaw
Warsaw ( ...
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Turgiele
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Podbrzezie
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Rudomino
See also
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Vilnius District Municipality
Notes
References
Bibliography
* ''Zeszyt VII. Spis ludności na terenach administrowanych przez Zarząd Cywilny Ziem Wschodnich (grudzień 1919)''. Lviv/Warsaw. Książnica Polska T-wa Naucz. Szkół Wyższych. 1920, p. 50, series: ''Prace geograficzne wydawane'' by Eugenjusz Romer.
* ''Zarząd Cywilny Ziem Wschodnich (19 lutego 1919 – 9 września 1920)'' by Joanna Gierowska-Kałłaur, 1st eddition. Warsaw. Wydawnictwo Neriton. Instytut Historii PAN. 2003. p. 447. ISBN 83-88973-60-6.
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Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
States and territories established in 1920
States and territories disestablished in 1921
States and territories disestablished in 1923
States and territories disestablished in 1924
Former counties of Poland