Kielce Voivodeship

The Kielce Voivodeship was a Polish administration unit, which was founded in 1919 and merged into the Province of the Holy Cross by various administrative reforms of 1999. Capital was Kielce.

1919-1939

See main article: Kielce Voivodeship (1919-1939)

The Kielce Voivodeship was established on August 2, 1919. In the Second Polish Republic, it covered an area of 25,741 km ², which included cities such as Radom, Czestochowa and Sosnowiec, and counted according to a survey in 1921, 2,535,898 inhabitants. Of these, 87.6 % were Roman Catholic, 11.9% Jewish faith. At the administrative reform of April 1, 1938 went two counties, namely powiat Opoczyński and powiat Konecki, on to the Lodz region.

1945-1975

After the Second World War, the Kielce Voivodeship was re-established by a decree of the Lublin Committee on 21 August 1945. 1946 included the Voivodeship 17,804 km ² and had 1.7018 million inhabitants. As part of local government reform in 1950, the area of the Voivodeship was extended to 19,476 km ².

1975-1998

Was divided after the administrative reform in 1975, in Poland in the 49 provinces, comprised the Kielce Voivodeship 9211 km ² and counted in 1980, 1.0687 million inhabitants.

1946-1950

1950-1975

1975-1998

Former Polish Voivodeship
Polish Voivodeship 1975-1998
Kielce

Końskie County Polish Committee of National Liberation Voivodeship (Poland) Konin Voivodeship Krosno Voivodeship Legnica Voivodeship Leszno Voivodeship Radom Voivodeship Siedlce Voivodeship Skierniewice Voivodeship Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship Wrocław Voivodeship (1975–98)

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