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Bilingual communes in Poland


The bilingual status of gminas (communes) in Poland is regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish. So far 44 gminas have done this:

Polish/German bilingual gminas (Gemeinden) in

Other gminas in Opole Voivodeship and Silesian Voivodeship which would be permitted by the Act to make German an auxiliary language are Olesno and Pawłowiczki.

Polish/Kashubian bilingual gminas in Pomeranian Voivodeship:

Polish/Lithuanian bilingual gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship:

Polish/Belarusian bilingual gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship:

Polish/Lemko bilingual names of localities in Małopolskie Voivodeship:

Polish/Lemko place-name sign in Bielanka

Polish/Kashubian street name sign in Jastarnia

Polish/Kashubian road sign with the village name (Dolina Jadwigi)

Bilingual Polish/Belarusian sign in Oleksze

Polish/German place-name sign in Kosorowice


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