Administrative divisions of Poland

The gmina ( , ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezydent miasta).

thumb|Division of Poland into powiats (counties)

administrative territorial entity of a single country

A '''' (; plural: sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina. The actions and organs of the are decided by the gmina council. On 31 December 2018 Poland had 40 740 sołectwa.

thumb|Starosta, by Kanuty Rusiecki, 1823

former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth invaded by the Russian Empire in the course of Partitions of Poland

thumb|Jurydyki of Warsaw in the 18th century, owned privately

'''''' (; plural: ) is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its , or of a town, with its own council and executive. Like the and , an is an auxiliary unit () of a gmina. These units are created by decision of the gmina council, and do not have legal personality in their own right. In the case of an urban-rural gmina, it is also possible for a whole town to be designated an auxiliary unit.

In the Polish system of local administration, a dzielnica (; plural dzielnice) is an administrative subdivision or quarter of a city or town. A dzielnica may have its own elected council (rada dzielnicy, or dzielnica council), and those of Warsaw each have their own mayor (burmistrz). Like the and sołectwo, a dzielnica is an auxiliary unit (jednostka pomocnicza) of a gmina. These units are created by decision of the gmina council, and do not have legal personality in their own right.

historical unit of administration in Poland and Ruthenia

thumb|A house sign in Chwałowice indicating the site of the local '''''' is a Polish word meaning 'gathering', 'group', or 'assembly'. In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the term referred to a village organization which embraced all the inhabitants of a village and acted as a local authority, as well as overseeing tax payments. In this sense, the developed between the 16th and 18th centuries, and continued to function in Congress Poland. Their chiefs took the title of and were elected by the local population.

Statistical regions of Poland

division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth