Mazovia
Mazovia
Mazowsze | |
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Historical region | |
![]() Three historical Mazovian voivodeships in comparison with contemporary Polish voivodeships | |
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Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Mazovia or Masovia (Polish: Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It goes across the North European Plain. It is between Łódź and Białystok. Warsaw is the unofficial capital city. Warsaw is also the largest city in the region. Throughout the centuries, Mazovia made a different culture than other Polish cultures.
Historical Mazovia existed from the Middle Ages until the partitions of Poland. It was made up of three voivodeships with the capitals in Warsaw, Płock and Rawa. The main city of the region was Płock.[1] At the time, Płock was the capital of Poland. Later, however, Płock lost its importance to Warsaw. Warsaw then became the capital of Poland. From 1138, Mazovia was led by a branch of the Piast dynasty. When the last ruler of the independent Duchy of Mazovia died, it became fully part of the Polish Crown in 1526. The Mazovian Governorate was made in 1816. It had land in the south part of the region along with Łęczyca Land and south-eastern Kuyavia. The Mazovian Governorate lasted until 1844. The old ethnic group of Mazovia are the Masurians. They settled in Masuria in southern Prussia in the Late Middle Ages. There they converted to Protestantism in the Reformation era.
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The Mazovian Voivodeship was created in 1999. The borders of this voivodeship are not the same as the region of Mazovia. This is because the borders do not have the Mazovian cities of Łomża and Łowicz, but do have the Lesser Polish cities of Radom and Siedlce.
Main cities and towns
[change | change source]The following table lists the cities in Mazovia with a population greater than 20,000 (2015):
City | Population (2015)[2] | Voivodeship in 1750 | Voivodeship in 2016 | Additional information | |
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1 724 404 | ![]() |
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Capital of Poland, former royal city of Poland. |
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122 815 | ![]() |
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Historical capital of Masovia, former capital of Poland, former royal city of Poland. |
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62 711 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
4. | ![]() |
59 570 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
5. | ![]() |
54 231 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
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52 917 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
7. | ![]() |
48 634 | ![]() |
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Former private bishop town of Poland. |
8. | ![]() |
45 044 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
9. | ![]() |
44 869 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland, part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
10. | ![]() |
44 797 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
11. | ![]() |
41 096 | ![]() |
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12. | ![]() |
39 880 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
13. | ![]() |
37 505 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
14. | ![]() |
37 480 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
15. | ![]() |
31 884 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
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30 880 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
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29 907 | ![]() |
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Former private town of the Mokronoski family, part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
18. | ![]() |
29 420 | ![]() |
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Temporary de facto capital of Poland in years 1572–1573, former private bishop town. |
19. | ![]() |
29 032 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
20. | ![]() |
28 287 | ![]() |
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Former private town, part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
21. | ![]() |
27 222 | ![]() |
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Former private bishop town of Poland. |
22. | ![]() |
22 826 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
23. | ![]() |
22 796 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
24. | ![]() |
22 494 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
25. | ![]() |
22 451 | ![]() |
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Former royal city of Poland. |
26. | ![]() |
22 246 | ![]() |
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Northernmost and easternmost town of Mazovia. It borders the regions of Podlachia and Masuria. |
27. | ![]() |
20 855 | ![]() |
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Part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. |
Gallery
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Ciechanów Castle
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Nieborów Palace
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Łowicz Cathedral
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St. Jacob Church in Skierniewice
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Mazowsze: Obraz Etnograficzny, Volume 1, by Wojciech Gerson and Oskar Kolberg, BiblioBazaar, 2009 – 372 pages
- ↑ "Lista miast w Polsce (Spis miast, mapa miast, liczba ludności, powierzchnia, wyszukiwarka)".
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