Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
Voivodeship
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Country	Poland
Seats	Bydgoszcz (governor), Toruń (assembly)
Counties	4 cities, 19 land counties * Bydgoszcz Grudziądz Toruń Włocławek Aleksandrów County Brodnica County Bydgoszcz County Chełmno County Golub-Dobrzyń County Grudziądz County Inowrocław County Lipno County Mogilno County Nakło County Radziejów County Rypin County Sępólno County Świecie County Toruń County Tuchola County Wąbrzeźno County Włocławek County Żnin County
Area
• Total	17,969 km2 (6,938 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,098,370
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Urban	1,280,006
• Rural	818,364
Car plates	C
Website	http://www.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl
further divided into 144 gminas

The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie or Kujawy-Pomerania Province (in Polish, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ kuˈjafskɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ]), is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is now divided. It is situated in mid-northern Poland, on the boundary between the two historic regions from which it takes its name: Kuyavia (Polish: Kujawy) and Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze). Its two chief cities, serving as the province's joint capitals, are Bydgoszcz and Toruń.

The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It consisted of territory from the former Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek Voivodeships.

The area now known as Kuyavia-Pomerania was previously divided between the region of Kuyavia and the Polish fiefdom of Royal Prussia. Of the two principal cities of today's Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeship, one (Bydgoszcz) was historically located in Kuyavia, whilst the other (Toruń) was an important town of Royal Prussia.

The functions of regional capital are split between Bydgoszcz and Toruń. Bydgoszcz serves as the seat of the centrally appointed governor or voivode (Polish: wojewoda), while Toruń is the seat of the elected Regional Assembly (sejmik), and of the executive elected by that assembly, headed by the voivodeship marshal (marszałek województwa).