Åódź Voivodeship
The Łódź (Polish: województwo łódzkie ) Province is one of the 16 regions, which divide the Republic of Poland. It covers the area in central Poland to the eponymous city of Łódź ( Lodz ) and has a large proportion of the historical region of Wielkopolska. They evolved in 1999 as part of the Polish administrative reform of the provinces Sieradz, Piotrków and Łódź as well as parts of Skierniewice, Płock and Częstochowa.
- 4.1 Largest cities
- 4.2 rivers
- 6.1 External links
- 6.2 footnotes
Coat of arms
Description: In red with two golden edges on a gold sign foot confess änderter black reinforced, goldgeschnäbelter silbergezungter black eagle with golden Majuskel -R; In the right flank above a black reinforced langued red lion at the gap together with a left- sighted gold crocheted changed black reinforced silbergezungten silver eagle with a golden crown; on the other gap in gold now seeing the lion and the eagle left under the joint crown is gold confess changes, reinforced black with silver tongue and black.
Administrative divisions
The Łódź Voivodeship is divided into 21 Powiats, whereby in addition to the provincial capital of Łódź two other cities remain acyclic. The counties named after them they do not belong to themselves. Overall, the province has 18 city, 135 are agricultural and 24 urban and rural communities.
Independent Cities
In brackets the number of inhabitants on 31 December 2008.
Counties
In brackets the number of inhabitants on 31 December 2008.
Population
64.7 percent of the inhabitants of the Łódź Voivodeship lives in cities. At 31 December 2004, 52.3 percent of residents were female, while the proportion of women was higher than in villages with 101 women for every 100 men in the cities with a ratio of 114 to 100. There is a reduction of the population to over 150,000 by 2020 forecast (as of 2004). The proportion of the young population will decline, the proportion of pensioners will rise, however. 2004 22.473 births and 30,463 deaths were registered. The life expectancy for a newborn male child in 2003 was 68.96 years, 78.06 for a female. These values were the lowest for Poland where life expectancy on average 70.52 and 78.9 years, respectively.
Geography
Largest cities
See also: List of cities in the region of Łódź
Economy
Expressed in comparison with the gross domestic product of the European Union in purchasing power standards reached the province in 2006 an index of 48.0 (EU-27 = 100). The unemployment rate in December 2009 was 11.6 percent, which corresponded to 128,100 people.
Among the most important economic management locations in the region include Piotrków, Belchatow, Radomsko, Kutno, Zgierz, Pabianice, Skierniewice and Łowicz.