Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties, including five city counties and 37 land counties. These are subdivided into 314 gminas (municipalities), which include 85 urban gminas.

The counties, shown on the numbered map, are described in the table below.

Map ref.	English and Polish names	Area		Population (2019)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
		(km²)	(sq mi)
City counties
1	Warsaw Warszawa	517	200	1,783,321			1
(2)	Ostrołęka	29	11	52,071			1
(3)	Płock	88	34	119,709			1
(4)	Radom	112	43	212,230			1
(5)	Siedlce	32	12	77,990			1
Land counties
2	Ostrołęka County powiat ostrołęcki	2,099	810	88,717	Ostrołęka *	Myszyniec	11
3	Płock County powiat płocki	1,799	695	110,987	Płock *	Gąbin, Drobin, Wyszogród	15
4	Radom County powiat radomski	1,530	591	152,190	Radom *	Pionki, Iłża, Skaryszew	13
5	Siedlce County powiat siedlecki	1,603	619	81,265	Siedlce *	Mordy	13
6	Żuromin County powiat żuromiński	805	311	38,688	Żuromin	Bieżuń, Lubowidz	6
7	Mława County powiat mławski	1,182	456	72,906	Mława		10
8	Przasnysz County powiat przasnyski	1,218	470	52,676	Przasnysz	Chorzele	7
9	Ciechanów County powiat ciechanowski	1,063	410	89,460	Ciechanów	Glinojeck	9
10	Sierpc County powiat sierpecki	853	329	52,077	Sierpc		7
11	Maków County powiat makowski	1,065	411	45,076	Maków Mazowiecki	Różan	10
12	Ostrów Mazowiecka County powiat ostrowski	1,218	470	72,558	Ostrów Mazowiecka	Brok	11
13	Płońsk County powiat płoński	1,384	534	87,183	Płońsk	Raciąż	12
14	Pułtusk County powiat pułtuski	829	320	51,862	Pułtusk		7
15	Wyszków County powiat wyszkowski	876	338	74,094	Wyszków		6
16	Gostynin County powiat gostyniński	616	238	45,060	Gostynin	# Sanniki (1,961)	5
17	Nowy Dwór County powiat nowodworski	692	267	79,256	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Nasielsk, Zakroczym	6
18	Legionowo County powiat legionowski	390	151	117,751	Legionowo	Serock	5
19	Wołomin County powiat wołomiński	955	369	247,288	Wołomin	Ząbki, Marki, Kobyłka, Zielonka, Radzymin, Tłuszcz	12
20	Węgrów County powiat węgrowski	1,219	471	66,037	Węgrów	Łochów	9
21	Sokołów County powiat sokołowski	1,131	437	53,992	Sokołów Podlaski	Kosów Lacki	9
22	Sochaczew County powiat sochaczewski	731	282	85,024	Sochaczew		8
23	Warsaw West County powiat warszawski zachodni	533	206	117,783	Ożarów Mazowiecki	Łomianki, Błonie	7
24	Mińsk County powiat miński	1,164	449	154,054	Mińsk Mazowiecki	Sulejówek, Halinów, Kałuszyn, # Mrozy (3,574)	13
25	Łosice County powiat łosicki	772	298	30,895	Łosice		6
26	Żyrardów County powiat żyrardowski	533	206	75,787	Żyrardów	Mszczonów	5
27	Grodzisk Mazowiecki County powiat grodziski	367	142	94,962	Grodzisk Mazowiecki	Milanówek, Podkowa Leśna	6
28	Pruszków County powiat pruszkowski	246	95	165,039	Pruszków	Piastów, Brwinów	6
29	Piaseczno County powiat piaseczyński	621	240	186,460	Piaseczno	Konstancin-Jeziorna, Góra Kalwaria, Tarczyn	6
30	Otwock County powiat otwocki	615	237	124,241	Otwock	Józefów, Karczew	8
31	Grójec County powiat grójecki	1,269	490	98,334	Grójec	Warka, Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, Mogielnica	10
32	Garwolin County powiat garwoliński	1,284	496	108,909	Garwolin	Łaskarzew, Pilawa, Żelechów	14
33	Białobrzegi County powiat białobrzeski	639	247	33,524	Białobrzegi	Wyśmierzyce	6
34	Kozienice County powiat kozienicki	917	354	60,253	Kozienice		7
35	Przysucha County powiat przysuski	801	309	41,721	Przysucha		8
36	Zwoleń County powiat zwoleński	571	220	36,222	Zwoleń		5
37	Szydłowiec County powiat szydłowiecki	452	175	39,766	Szydłowiec		5
38	Lipsko County powiat lipski	748	289	34,028	Lipsko		6
* seat not part of the county

The voivodeship contains 10 cities and 78 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2019):^[1]

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  Warsaw is the capital of Poland.
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  Radom is part of historical Lesser Poland.
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  Płock is the historical capital of Masovia and former Polish capital.
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  Siedlce is part of historical Lesser Poland.
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  Ostrołęka is part of the ethnocultural region of Kurpie.
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  Pułtusk is one of the oldest towns in Poland.
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  Ciechanów is a former royal city.
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  Żyrardów is one of the youngest cities in the voivodeship, established in 1830.
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  Mińsk Mazowiecki is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area.
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  Pruszków is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area.

The Masovian voivodeship's government is headed by the province's voivode (governor) who is appointed by the Polish Prime Minister. The voivode is then assisted in performing his duties by the voivodeship's marshal, who is the appointed speaker for the voivodeship's executive and is elected by the sejmik (provincial assembly). The current voivode of Masovia is Konstanty Radziwiłł.

The Sejmik of Masovia consists of 51 members.

Voivodes

Protected areas in Masovian Voivodeship include one National Park and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

• Kampinos National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)
• Bolimów Landscape Park (partly in Łódź Voivodeship)
• Brudzeń Landscape Park
• Bug Landscape Park
• Chojnów Landscape Park
• Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships)
• Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
• Kozienice Landscape Park
• Masovian Landscape Park
• Podlaskie Bug Gorge Landscape Park (partly in Lublin Voivodeship)

Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)

Masovia Voivodeship, 1526–1795 (Polish: Województwo Mazowieckie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 15th century until the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeships, it formed the province (prowincja) of Masovia.

Masovian Voivodeship (1816–1837)

Masovian Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland. It was formed from the Warsaw Department and transformed into the Masovia Governorate.

Three major international road routes pass through the voivodeship: Cork–Berlin–Poznań–Warszawa–Minsk–Moscow–Omsk (European route E30), Prague–Wrocław–Warsaw–Białystok–Helsinki (E67) and Pskov–Gdańsk–Warsaw–Kraków–Budapest (E77).

Currently, there are various stretches of highways in the area, with the A2 highway connecting the region, and therefore the capital city, with the rest of Europe. The highway passes directly through the voivodeship from west to east, connecting it with Belarus and Germany. However, the A2 is yet to be built east of Warsaw to connect Poland with Belarus. The S7 expressway runs through Poland from the north to the south passing through Warsaw, the S8 connects Warsaw with Białystok, in the neighboring north-eastern province, also forming part of the Via Baltica which heads on to Lithuania, and to Wrocław in the south-west, and the S17 being built to connect Warsaw with Lublin in the south-east and on to Ukraine.

The two main railway carriers operating in the region are the regional Koleje Mazowieckie and nationwide PKP Intercity.

The main international airport in the region is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport.

Masovian Voivodeship is the wealthiest province in Poland. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was PLN 596 billion in 2021, accounting for 22.8% of the Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was around PLN123,000in the same year.^[12]

Unemployment

The unemployment rate stood at 4.8% in 2017 and was higher than the national and the European average.^[13]

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  Płock Cathedral, burial site of Polish monarchs
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  Warsaw Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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  Liw Castle
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  Saint Catherine of Alexandria church in Radom
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  Palace in Otwock Wielki
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  Szydłowiec Town Hall
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  Wilanów Palace in Warsaw
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  Łyszkiewicz Apartment in Warsaw, birthplace of Marie Curie, presently a museum of the Nobel Prize winner
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  Sobański Palace in Guzów
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  Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, presently a museum of the composer
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  Modlin Fortress

• Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)

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