Kraków Voivodeship


Kraków Voivodeship, refers to several historical Voivodeships of Poland in the surrounding regions, with the city of Kraków as its capital.

1975–1998

Kraków Voivodeship 1975–1998 also named Kraków Metropolitan Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship. President of the Kraków City was also the voivodeship governor.
Capital city: Kraków
Major cities and towns, :
Kraków Voivodeship 1945–1975 was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945–1975, superseded by Kraków, Tarnów Voivodeship, Nowy Sącz Voivodeship and partly Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, Katowice Voivodeship and Kielce Voivodeship.
Capital city: Kraków

1921–1939

Kraków Voivodeship 1921–1939 was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1921–1939. Its total area was 17 560 km² and population – 2 300 100. Population density was 131 persons per km2.
Capital city: Kraków
In 1938, it consisted of 18 powiats. These were as follows:
According to the 1931 census, biggest cities within the Voivodeship's boundaries were:
A Kraków Voivodeship was one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland formed from Kraków Department and existing from 1816 until 1837. Despite the name of this province, the city of Kraków was not included; Kraków was a free city until Kraków Uprising of 1846; the capital of the voivodeship was first Miechów, then Kielce. In 1837 it was renamed into Kraków Governorate.

14th century-1795

Kraków Voivodeship 14th century-1795 – a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795 |Kingdom of Poland , Kingdom of Poland. It was part of Little Poland province.