- Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Lublin Voivodeship ( _pl. Wojewodztwo Lubelskie) was a unit of administrative division of the
Second Polish Republic , in the years 1919–1939. Its capital and biggest city wasLublin .Location and area
In the years 1919-1939, Lublin Voivodeship covered central part of Poland, the heartland of the country, bordering
Białystok Voivodeship (1919-1939) to the north,Warsaw Voivodeship andKielce Voivodeship to the west,Lwów Voivodeship to the south andPolesie Voivodeship as well as Volhynian Voivodeship to the east. Its area, afterApril 1 ,1938 (see:Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938 ) was 26,555 km². Landscape was flat and hilly in the south, forests covered only 16.6% of the area (with nation's average of 22.2%, as forJanuary 1 ,1937 ).Population
According to the 1931 Polish census, the population was 2 116 200. Poles made 85.1% of population,
Jews - 10.5% andUkrainians (in the east and south) - 3%. The Jews preferred to live in the cities and towns, especially in Lublin itself. In the whole Voivodeship, 24.6% of population was illiterate (as for 1931).Industry
The Voivodeship's biggest industrial center was the city of Lublin. Other than that, it lacked significant industry centers. In mid-1930s Polish government started a huge public works program, called
Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy , which was a great boost to overpopulated and poor counties. It covered southwestern part of the Voivodeship, with the town ofKraśnik . The railroad density was 4.0 km. per 100 km². (with total length of railroads 1 236 km.).Cities and administrative divisions
Lublin Voivodeship in mid-1939 consisted of 16 powiats (counties), 29 cities and towns and 228 villages. The counties were:
*Biała Podlaska county (area 2 122 km², population 116 000),
*Biłgoraj county (area 1 720 km², population 116 900),
*Chełm county (area 1 975 km², population 162 300),
*Hrubieszów county (area 1 575 km², population 130 000),
*Janów Lubelski county (area 1 960 km², population 152 700),
*Krasnystaw county (area 1 521 km², population 134 200),
*Lubartów county (area 1 389 km², population 108 000),
*city ofLublin county (area 30 km², population 112 300),
*Lublin county (area 1 889 km², population 163 500),
*Łuków county (area 1 762 km², population 129 100),
*Puławy county (area 1 618 km², population 156 500),
*Radzyń Podlaski county (area 1 621 km², population 99 100),
*Siedlce county (area 1 988 km², population 151 400),
*Tomaszów Lubelski county (area 1 397 km², population 121 100),
*Włodawa county (area 2 326 km², population 113 600),
*Zamość county (area 1 662 km², population 149 500).According to the 1931 census, biggest cities were:
*Lublin (pop. 112 300),
*Siedlce (pop. 36 900),
*Chełm (pop. 29 100),
*Zamość (pop. 24 700),
*Biała Podlaska (pop. 17 400),
*Miedzyrzec Podlaski (pop. 16 800),
*Łuków (pop. 14 000),
*Hrubieszów (pop. 13 200),
*Kraśnik (pop. 12 200),
*Puławy (pop. 12 100).Voivodes
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Stanisław Moskalewski 17 November 1919 -25 October 1926
*Antoni Remiszewski 3 November 1926 -29 September 1930
*Bolesław Świdziński 29 September 1930 -30 January 1933 (acting till1 April 1932 )
*Józef Rożniecki 31 January 1933 -8 September 1937
*Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt 8 September 1937 -17 September 1939 ee also
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Poland 's currentLublin Voivodeship References
* Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939, Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939).
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