Gromada Tursko Wielkie is a group consisting of several villages, constituted the lowest tier of local government, taking over the role previously played by gmina Tursko Wielkie; at a smaller scale. In

communist Poland The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million nea ...

between 29 September 1954 and 31 December 1972, this assembly was introduced. Gromada was the lowest (next to

osiedle Osiedle (Polish plural: ''osiedla'', from German ''Ansiedlung'' meaning ''settlement'') is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its dzielnica, or of a town, with its own council and executive. Li ...

) administrative division of Poland. The Gromadzka National Council was the group's executive organ. These units were created by the Communist Polish Law, and have legal authority. The gromada continued to function in

interwar Poland The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World ...

(

administrative division of the Second Polish Republic Subdivisions of the Second Polish Republic became an issue immediately after the creation of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been partitioned in the late 18th century. Various parts of new Polish terr ...

Sołectwo A sołectwo ( Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina. The actions and organs of the sołectwo are decided by the gmina council. On 31 December 2018 Poland had 40 740 sołectwa. G ...

) is a subdivision of a gmina (as an auxiliary unit of a commune) from

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, to the end of 1954. At present

sołectwo A sołectwo ( Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina. The actions and organs of the sołectwo are decided by the gmina council. On 31 December 2018 Poland had 40 740 sołectwa. G ...

is the smallest unit of local government in rural Poland (subordinate to the gmina). The gromada was originally the name of localities specific to the territorial council developed between the 15th and 18th centuries, and continued to function in Congress Poland. As of 29 September 1952, Gromada Tursko Wielkie consisted of 13

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

s: Matiaszów, Nakol, Niekrasów, Niekurza, Osala, Strużki, Sworoń, Szwagrów, Trzcianka Dolna, Trzcianka Folwarczna, Trzcianka Górna, Tursko Małe and Tursko Wielkie. As of 1 July 1952 the gmina Tursko Wielkie consisted of 13

gromada Gromada is a Polish word meaning "gathering", "group", or "assembly". In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the term referred to a village organization which embraced all the inhabitants of a village and acted as a local authority, as well a ...

s:Cf. Luszyca, Matiaszów, Niekrasów Ukazowy, Niekurza, Okrągła, Ossala, Rudniki, Strużki, Sworoń, Trzcianka Górna, Tursko Małe, Tursko Wielkie and Zawada.

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