Gdansk Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodship.


Capital city: Gdansk
Statistics (1 January 1992):
Area: 7.400 sq.km
Population: 1.431.600 inhabitants
Population density: 194 inhabitants/sq.km
Administrative division: 47 communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 20

Major cities and towns (population 1995):

Other towns (population 1980):

Gdansk Voivodship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975, superseded by the voivodships of Gdansk (1), Elblag and Slupsk (area of Lebork).

Capital city: Gdansk

List of counties in 1946-1975
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

  • Gdansk City, miasto Gdańsk
  • Gdynia City, Miasto Gdynia
  • Elblag County, powiat elbląski, Elblag
  • Gdansk County, powiat gdański, Gdansk
  • Kartuzy County powiat kartuski, Kartuzy
  • Koscierzyna County, powiat kościerzyński, Koscierzyna
  • Kwidzyn County, powiat kwidzyński, Kwidzyn
  • Lebork County, powiat leborski, Lebork
  • Malbork County, powiat malborski, Malbork
  • Sea County, powiat morski Puck
  • Starogard County, powiat starogardzki, Starogard Gdański
  • Sztum County, powiat sztumski, Sztum
  • Tczew County, powiat tczewski, Tczew

New counties established 1946-1975:
  • Sopot City, miasto Sopot, previously part of Gdansk County
  • Elblag City, miasto Elbląg, previously part of Elblag County
  • Puck County, powiat puck, Puck, previously part of Sea County
  • Wejherowo County, powiat wejherowski, Wejherowo, previously part of Sea County
  • Nowy Dwor Gdanski County, powiat nowodworski, Nowy Dwor Gdanski, previously part of Gdansk County


See also: Voivodships of Poland