powiat
Noun
Meaning
powiat (plural powiats)
The second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Finally, according to the Warsaw Act, the city is divided into 18 districts and forms one city powiat with a unified municipal government. citation Neoclassical Commission Palace, the house of the city's government.
Poland has 16 voivodeships, 379 powiats (including 65 cities with powiat status), and 2,478 gminas.
Of Poland's 40 most-populous cities, 12 are in Silesian Voivodeship. 19 of the cities in the voivodeship have the legal status of city-county (see powiat ).
In this case we say about city county or powiat grodzki.
Major cities normally have the status of both gmina and powiat.
Since 1990, the system of city administration has been changed several times – also as the result of the reform which restored powiat s, cancelled in 1975.