Walbrzych Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
from the years 1975 to 1998, eventually superseded by the
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986.
It is one of the wealthiest ...
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Major cities and towns (population in 1995)
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Wałbrzych (139,600)
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Åšwidnica
Åšwidnica (; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca (Oder), Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Åšwidnica County, and also of the smaller dis ...
(64,800)
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Dzierżoniów (38,300)
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Bielawa (34,600)
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KÅ‚odzko (30,900)
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Nowa Ruda (27,200)
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Åšwiebodzice (24,700)
See also
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Voivodeships of Poland
A voivodeship ( ; ; plural: ) is the highest-level Administrative divisions of Poland, administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly tran ...
References
Former voivodeships of Poland (1975–1998)
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