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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
Voivodeship
Skyline of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Flag of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Flag
Coat of arms of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Coat of arms
Location within Poland
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Division into counties
Country  Poland
Seats Bydgoszcz (governor),
Toruń (assembly)
Counties
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).


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