Municipalities of Poland

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Municipalities (Polish: Gmina [ˈɡmina]; pl. gminy [ˈɡminɨ]) are the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland. As of 1 January 2019, there were 2,479 municipalities throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 municipalities include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban municipality (Polish: gmina miejska) consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezydent miasta). Municipalities have been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada. Three or more municipalities make up a higher level unit called a county (powiat), except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every county has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban municipality or a part of an urban-rural municipality.

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