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___MASK68___ Voivodeship , refers to several historical Voivodeships ___MASK18___ Poland in the surrounding regions , with the city ___MASK18___ ___MASK68___ as its capital . 1975 - 1998 . ___MASK68___ Voivodeship 1975 - 1998 also named ( 1975  84 ) ___MASK68___ Metropolitan Voivodeship ("") was a unit ___MASK18___ administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975  1998 , superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodeship . President ___MASK18___ the ___MASK68___ City was also the voivodeship governor . A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city . The size definition for what constitutes a " town " varies considerably in different parts ___MASK18___ the world . The Free , Independent , and Strictly Neutral City ___MASK18___ Kraków ( Cracow ) with its Territory , more commonly known as either the Free City ___MASK18___ Kraków or Republic ___MASK18___ Kraków , was a city republic created by the Congress ___MASK18___ ___MASK82___ in 1815 , which included the city ___MASK18___ Kraków and its surrounding areas . It was controlled by its three neighbours ( Russia , Prussia , and Austria ). It was a ___MASK60___ ___MASK18___ agitation for an independent Poland . In 1846 , in the aftermath ___MASK18___ the unsuccessful Kraków Uprising , it was annexed by the Austrian Empire . It was a remnant ___MASK18___ the Duchy ___MASK18___ Warsaw , which was partitioned between the three states in 1815 . It was an overwhelmingly Polish - speaking city - state ; ___MASK18___ its population 85 % were Catholics , 14 % were Jews while other religions comprised less than 1 %. The city ___MASK18___ Kraków itself had a Jewish population reaching nearly 40 %, while the rest were almost exclusively Polish - speaking Catholics . ___MASK62___ Voivodeship was a unit ___MASK18___ administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975  1998 , superseded by a much larger Lesser Poland Voivodeship . Its capital city was ___MASK62___ . Located in southeastern part ___MASK18___ the country , its area was 4 , 151 km . ( which was 1 . 3 % ___MASK18___ the total area ___MASK18___ Poland ). In 1975 the population was 577 , 900 , in 1998 it grew to 700 , 800 . The Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , formally the Kingdom ___MASK18___ Poland and the Grand Duchy ___MASK18___ ___MASK2___ , after 1791 the Commonwealth ___MASK18___ Poland , was a dualistic state , a bi - confederation , ___MASK18___ Poland and ___MASK2___ ruled by a common monarch , who was both the King ___MASK18___ Poland and the Grand Duke ___MASK18___ ___MASK2___ . It was one ___MASK18___ the largest and most populous countries ___MASK18___ 16th - and 17th - century Europe . At its peak in the early 17th century , the Commonwealth spanned some and sustained a multi - ethnic population ___MASK18___ 11 million . The union was formalized by the Union ___MASK18___ ___MASK48___ in July 1569 , but the Crown ___MASK18___ the Kingdom ___MASK18___ Poland and the Grand Duchy ___MASK18___ ___MASK2___ were in a de - facto personal union since 1386 with the marriage ___MASK18___ the Polish queen Hedwig and ___MASK2___ ' s Grand Duke Jogaila , who was crowned King " jure uxoris " Wadysaw II Jagieo ___MASK18___ Poland . The First Partition ___MASK18___ Poland in 1772 and the Second Partition ___MASK18___ Poland in 1793 greatly reduced the nation ' s size and the Commonwealth disappeared as an independent state following the Third Partition ___MASK18___ Poland in 1795 . Szczucin is a town in ___MASK89___ , Lesser Poland Voivodeship , in southern Poland . It is the seat ___MASK18___ the gmina ( administrative district ) called ___MASK93___ . It lies approximately north - east ___MASK18___ Dbrowa Tarnowska , north ___MASK18___ Tarnów and east ___MASK18___ the regional capital Kraków . The town has a population ___MASK18___ 4 , 069 . The gmina ( Polish pronunciation , plural " gminy " ) is the principal unit ___MASK18___ the administrative division ___MASK18___ Poland , similar to a commune or municipality . As ___MASK18___ 2010 there were 2 , 478 gminy throughout the country . The word " gmina " derives from the German word " Gemeinde ", meaning " community ." The Crown ___MASK18___ the Kingdom ___MASK18___ Poland ( Latin : " Corona Regni Poloniae "), or simply the Crown , is the common name for the historic ( but unconsolidated ) Late Middle Ages territorial possessions ___MASK18___ the King ___MASK18___ Poland , including Poland proper . Radwan ( radvan ) is a rural village . It lies approximately 6 kilometres ( 4 mi ) ___MASK11___ ___MASK18___ Szczucin , 11 km ( 7 mi ) north - east ___MASK18___ Dbrowa Tarnowska , and 83 km ( 52 mi ) east ___MASK18___ the regional capital Kraków . ___MASK89___ is a unit ___MASK18___ territorial administration and local government ( powiat ) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship , southern Poland . It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result ___MASK18___ the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 . Its administrative seat is the town ___MASK18___ Dbrowa Tarnowska , which lies east ___MASK18___ the regional capital Kraków . Its only other town is Szczucin , lying north ___MASK18___ Dbrowa Tarnowska . ___MASK40___ , officially the Republic ___MASK18___ ___MASK40___ , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the Czech Republic and ___MASK39___ to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area ___MASK18___ ___MASK40___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population ___MASK18___ over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK40___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member ___MASK18___ the European Union . ___MASK40___ is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . Lesser ___MASK40___ ( Polish : " Maopolska ", Latin : " Polonia Minor ") is a historical region (" dzielnica ") ___MASK18___ ___MASK40___ ; its capital is the city ___MASK18___ Kraków . ___MASK97___ ( in Polish , " województwo maopolskie " ), also known as " Maopolska Voivodeship " or " Maopolska Province ", is a voivodeship ( province ), in southern Poland . It has an area ___MASK18___ , and a population ___MASK18___ 3 , 267 , 731 ( 2006 ). ___MASK68___ , also Cracow or Krakow , is the second largest and one ___MASK18___ the oldest cities in Poland . Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region , the city dates back to the 7th century . ___MASK68___ has traditionally been one ___MASK18___ the leading centres ___MASK18___ Polish academic , cultural , and artistic life and is one ___MASK18___ Poland ' s most important economic hubs . It was the capital ___MASK18___ the Crown ___MASK18___ the Kingdom ___MASK18___ Poland from 1038 to 1569 ; the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1795 ; the Free City ___MASK18___ ___MASK68___ from 1815 to 1846 ; the Grand Duchy ___MASK18___ Cracow from 1846 to 1918 ; and ___MASK68___ Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998 . It has been the capital ___MASK18___ Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . The Grand Duchy ___MASK18___ Cracow was created after the incorporation ___MASK18___ the Free City ___MASK18___ Cracow into Austria on November 16 , 1846 . The title ___MASK18___ Grand Duke ___MASK18___ Cracow was just a part ___MASK18___ the official titulary ___MASK18___ the Emperor ___MASK18___ Austria in 1846  1918 . ___MASK62___ ( "") is a city in southeastern Poland with 115 , 341 inhabitants as ___MASK18___ June 2009 ( metro area 269 , 000 inhabitants ). The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . From 1975 to 1998 , it was the capital ___MASK18___ the ___MASK62___ Voivodeship . It is a major rail junction , located on the strategic east - west connection from ___MASK21___ to Kraków . Also from ___MASK62___ two additional lines depart : a southward railway line to the Slovak border via Stróe , as well as a minor northward line to Szczucin ( now defunct ). Dbrowa Tarnowska is a town in ___MASK40___ , in ___MASK97___ , about ___MASK72___ ___MASK18___ Tarnów . It is the capital ___MASK18___ Dbrowa County . Before reorganization ( in 1999 ) Dbrowa Tarnowska was part ___MASK18___ Tarnów Voivodeship ( 1975  1998 ). Population is 11 , 402 ( 2008 ). Dbrowa Tarnowska has a rail station on the minor line which joins Tarnów and Szczucin . ___MASK93___ is an urban - rural gmina ( administrative district ) in Dbrowa County , Lesser Poland Voivodeship , in southern Poland . Its seat is the town of Szczucin , which lies approximately north of Dbrowa Tarnowska and east of the regional capital Kraków . ( Szczucin gained town status on 1 January 2009  prior to that the district was classed as a rural gmina .)