A city with powiat rights () is a designation in Poland denoting 66 of the 107 cities (the urban gminas which are governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta) which exercise also the powers and duties of a county (), thus being an independent city. They have roughly the same status as former county boroughs in the United Kingdom.
Sometimes, such a city will also be referred to in Polish as city county (); this term however is not official (it was used during the interwar times of the Second Polish Republic). The contemporary term city with powiat rights should not be used interchangeably with the interwar city county.
Such cities are distinct from and independent of the 314 regular powiats (sometimes referred as 'land counties' (), again a term that was used in the interwar period and is not used in modern Polish law).
List of cities with powiat rights City county Voivodeship Area (km²) Population Biała Podlaska Lublin 49.40 58,010 Białystok Podlaskie 102.12 295,210 Bielsko-Biała Silesian 124.51 176,678 Bydgoszcz Kuyavian-Pomeranian 175 364,953 Bytom Silesian 69.43 187,205 Chełm Lublin 35.28 67,989 Chorzów Silesian 33.5 114,434 Częstochowa Silesian 160 246,129 Dąbrowa Górnicza Silesian 188 129,753 Elbląg Warmian-Masurian 80 127,055 Gdańsk Pomeranian 262 457,630 Gdynia Pomeranian 136 252,443 Gliwice Silesian 134.20 199,099 Gorzów Wielkopolski Lubusz 86 125,204 Grudziądz Kuyavian-Pomeranian 57.76 99,299 Jastrzębie-Zdrój Silesian 85.44 95,149 Jaworzno Silesian 152.2 96,051 Jelenia Góra Lower Silesian 109.22 86,663 Kalisz Greater Poland 70 108,575 Katowice Silesian 164.67 315,996 Kielce Świętokrzyskie 109.65 207,718 Konin Greater Poland 82 80,618 Koszalin West Pomeranian 84 107,783 Kraków Lesser Poland 327 804,237 Krosno Subcarpathian 43.48 47,693 Legnica Lower Silesian 56.29 105,485 Leszno Greater Poland 31.9 64,079 Łódź Łódź 293 655,279 Łomża Podlaskie 32.72 63,572 Lublin Lublin 147 354,272 Mysłowice Silesian 65.57 74,988 Nowy Sącz Lesser Poland 57 84,594 Olsztyn Warmian-Masurian 88.328 174,693 Opole Opole 96.2 128,034 Ostrołęka Masovian 29.00 53,758 Piekary Śląskie Silesian 40 59,494 Piotrków Trybunalski Łódź 67.27 79,367 Płock Masovian 88.06 127,307 Poznań Greater Poland 262 566,546 Przemyśl Subcarpathian 44 66,715 Radom Masovian 111.71 226,372 Ruda Śląska Silesian 77.7 145,929 Rybnik Silesian 148 141,382 Rzeszów Subcarpathian 77.31 163,155 Siedlce Masovian 32 77,047 Siemianowice Śląskie Silesian 25.5 72,451 Skierniewice Łódź 32.6 48,761 Słupsk Pomeranian 43.15 98,402 Sopot Pomeranian 17.31 39,836 Sosnowiec Silesian 91.26 225,202 Suwałki Podlaskie 65.24 69,234 Świętochłowice Silesian 13.22 55,172 Świnoujście West Pomeranian 197.23 40,899 Szczecin West Pomeranian 301 410,809 Tarnobrzeg Subcarpathian 85.6 50,033 Tarnów Lesser Poland 72.4 117,109 Toruń Kuyavian-Pomeranian 115.72 207,381 Tychy Silesian 81.72 130,842 Wałbrzych Lower Silesian 84.70 120,197 Warsaw Masovian 517 1,862,402 Włocławek Kuyavian-Pomeranian 84.32 119,608 Wrocław Lower Silesian 293 674,132 Zabrze Silesian 80.47 190,610 Zamość Lublin 30.34 66,613 Zielona Góra Lubusz 58 118,201 Żory Silesian 64.64 62,625
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See also Consolidated city-county