Włocławek Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in
Poland
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in the years 1975–1998. It, along with the
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
and
Toruń
Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...
Voivodeships, was superseded by the
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...
following the 1999 Polish local government reforms.
At the time of its disestablishment in 1998, its population was 434,700.
Major cities and towns: (population in 1998):
Włocławek (123,373),
Rypin
Rypin is a town in north-central Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 50 km east of Toruń. It is the capital of Rypin County. Population is 16,528 (2010).
History
Rypin was founded in the Middle Ages, and was part of Poland ...
(16,971),
Lipno (15,608),
Aleksandrów Kujawski (13,031),
Ciechocinek (11,312).
Capital city:
Włocławek
Car plates: WE, WK, WL.
See also
*
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
als:Woiwodschaft Włocławek
Former voivodeships of Poland (1975–1998)
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