Szczecin Voivodeship

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Szczecin Voivodeship (1) (Polish: województwo szczecińskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975-1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Statistics (1 January 1992):

Area: 10.000 km²
Population: 972.100 inhabitants
Population density: 97 inhabitants/km²
Administrative division: 51 communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 31
Capital city: Szczecin

Major cities and towns (population 1995):

Szczecin (419,300);
Stargard Szczeciński (73,000);
Świnoujście (43,200);
Police (34,500);
Goleniów (22,200);
Gryfino (22,100);

Other towns (population 1980):

Gryfice (15,200);
Pyrzyce (11,600);
Nowogard (11,300).

Szczecin Voivodeship (2) was an administrative unit in Poland in years 1950-1975, superseded by the voivodeships of Szczecin (1) and Gorzow Voivodeship.

Capital city: Szczecin

List of counties in 1950-1975:
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

Szczecin City, miasto Szczecin
Chojna County, powiat chojeński, Chojna
Choszczno County, powiat choszczeński, Choszczno
Gryfice County, powiat gryficki, Gryfice
Gryfino County, powiat gryfiński, Gryfino
Kamień Pomorski County, powiat kamieński, Kamień Pomorski
Łobez County, powiat łobeski, Łobez
Myśliborz County, powiat myśliborski, Myślibórz
Nowogard County, powiat nowogardzki, Nowogard
Pyrzyce County, powiat pyrzycki, Pyrzyce
Stargard County, powiat stargardzki, Stargard Szczecinski
Szczecin County, powiat szczeciński, Szczecin
Wolin County, powiat woliński, Wolin

New counties established 1950-1975:

Goleniów County, powiat goleniowski, Świdwin, previously part of Nowogard and Kamień Counties

Szczecin Voivodeship (3) was an administrative unit of Poland in years 1945-1950, created after WWII from the Prussian-German province of Pomerania, which were granted to Poland. In 1950 divided into the Szczecin Voivodeship (2) and Koszalin Voivodeship.

Capital city: Szczecin List of counties in 1946-1950:
English county name, Polish county name, capital city