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32-516: Capital city: Włocławek Population of voivodship: 403,200 (in 1975), 413,400 (in 1980), 425,900 (in 1985), 429,400 (in 1990), 435,000 (in 1995), 434,700 (in 1998). Car plates : WE, WK, WL. Major cities and towns: (population in 1998): Włocławek (123,373), Rypin (16,971), Lipno (15,608), Aleksandrów Kujawski (13,031), Ciechocinek (11,312). 52°39′17″N 19°04′01″E  /  52.654842°N 19.066807°E  / 52.654842; 19.066807 This Poland location article

64-569: A hrabia ( count ) is also literally translated as "county". A powiat is part of a larger unit, the voivodeship ( Polish województwo ) or province . A powiat is usually subdivided into gminas (in English, often referred to as " communes " or " municipalities "). Major towns and cities, however, function as separate counties in their own right, without subdivision into gmina s. They are termed " city counties " ( powiaty grodzkie or, more formally, miasta na prawach powiatu ) and have roughly

96-402: A cherished registration. The licence plates are issued by the powiat (county) of the vehicle owner's registered address of residence, in the case of a natural person . If it is owned by a legal person , the place of registration is determined by the person's address. Vehicles leased under operating leases and many de facto finance leases will be registered at the address of the lessor. When

128-429: A powiat is vested in an elected council ( rada powiatu ), while local executive power is vested in an executive board ( zarząd powiatu ) headed by the starosta , elected by the council. The administrative offices headed by the starosta are called the starostwo . However, in city counties these institutions do not exist separately – their powers and functions are exercised by the city council ( rada miasta ),

160-414: A vehicle changes hands, the new owner must apply for new vehicle registration document bearing their name and registered address. The new owner may obtain a new licence plate although it is not necessary. In such a situation the licence plates are usually carried over to the new owner, because the change carries an additional cost. Upon purchasing a vehicle from another person, if the vehicle has an EU plate,

192-442: A white background. Each custom number starts with the letter denoting voivodeship and a single digit, followed by the gap. This digit and next characters can be picked by the owner. Outside the availability the following constrains are used: Format: Since July 2019 dealers of new cars can apply for special number plates with green letters on white background specifically for doing test drives. Those plates are issued exclusively for

224-589: Is 1,100,000 for each two-letter powiat code, and 872,400 for each three-letter powiat code. The combinations "XYZ 1234" and "XYZ 123J" are not used, because they would lead to creation of numbers identical to these in the old system. Also, the two-letter powiat codes must be followed by a leading digit, "XY 1...", to avoid confusion with the "XYZ ..." scheme, as the gap is not significant. Electric vehicles have green background on their license plates. Format: Cars – reduced size Format: The plates are designed for cars imported from USA and Japan. Reduced size plates are

256-410: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Polish car number plates Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate. According to Polish law, the registration plate is tied to the vehicle , not the owner. There is no possibility for the owner to keep the licence number for use on a different car, even if it's

288-500: Is always handled on a case-by-case basis by the conservation officer . Registered classic cars are not required to undergo yearly technical checkup unless used for transportation services , such as taxi. Format: These plates use red text on a white background. The plates wear a seal with month and year of validation. The windshield plaque is not issued with it. Introduced on 1 January 2020, they are issued to battery-electric and hydrogen vehicles. They are similar to regular plates but

320-586: Is part of the code and is never omitted. Due to the pool of license plates combinations possibly running out in some areas, in 2022 the Ministry of Infrastructure issued a directive under which extra leading characters were introduced for several of the voivodeships: Reportedly, the Warsaw district of Mokotów was the first to start issuing AE registration plates following the new directive. Format: The number of available unique numbers with these mentioned formats

352-525: Is related to the reduction in the previous year of the number of voivodeships in Poland from 49 to 16, based on the country's historic regions . The pre-2001 licence plates (white letters on black background) can be used indefinitely, but since they are obsolete they have to be replaced in case of change of vehicle's ownership. In the pre-2001 model, there were not sufficient letters in the Polish alphabet for each of

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384-462: Is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland , equivalent to a county , district or prefecture ( LAU-1 [formerly NUTS-4 ]) in other countries. The term " powiat " is most often translated into English as "county" or "district" (sometimes "poviat"). In historical contexts, this may be confusing because the Polish term hrabstwo (an administrative unit administered/owned by

416-464: Is to translate the names as "(something County)", as in the examples above. (This system is the standard used in Misplaced Pages.) Thus in most cases, the English name for a powiat consists of the name of the city or town which is its seat, followed by the word County . Different counties sometimes have the same name in Polish, since the names of different towns may have the same derived adjective. For example,

448-561: Is used in cities with rights of powiat (this applies to 47 of 49 capitals of the old voivodeships, the exceptions being Ciechanów and Sieradz , and numerous major cities). Two additional letters are used in any other powiat. It is not necessary for EU citizens to immediately re-register the vehicles they have brought with them if they are duly registered and taxed elsewhere in the EU, when living in Poland. This emerges from European law, although local regulations have to date not been changed to reflect

480-495: The Masovian voivode no matter the physical location of the mission. The first three digits indicate a country or organization as listed in the table below. On top of the origin of the diplomatic mission, the vehicle's function can also be determined by the latter three digits: Diplomatic vehicles are also required to carry a sticker with CD ( corps diplomatique ) or CC ( corps consulaire ). Format: Vehicles utilised used by

512-524: The German-governed Grand Duchy of Poznań , as the Polish equivalent of the German Kreis . After Poland regained independence in 1918 , the powiats were again the second-level territorial units. Powiats were abolished in 1975 in favour of a larger number of voivodeships but were reintroduced on 1 January 1999. This reform also created 16 larger voivodeships. Legislative power within

544-574: The Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration use licence plates beginning with " H ", instead of the voivodeship code. The second letter denotes the service, for example " HP " is used by the Polish Police . Any standard Latin letter outside Q can be used (unlike common licence plates). These services are also allowed to use common licence plates. Codes: Format: The Polish military uses licence plates beginning with " U " instead of

576-580: The background colour is light green instead of white. Such vehicles are allowed to drive on bus lanes, therefore visibly different registration plates allow the police to establish whether a vehicle is doing so legally. Electric plates are also used in "American" plates with reduced space. Format: These plates use red text on a white background. The last character is always the letter B (which stands for badawcza , or "research type"). Only car manufacturers and automobile R&D centres are issued these plates. Format: These plates use standard black letters on

608-461: The company itself and not for a specific vehicle. This means they can be applied to multiple vehicles when needed. Only car retailers can obtain these and such cars can be driven only by the car dealer, owner of the company, their employees or customers, but only when accompanied by an employee. Format: White symbols on dark blue background. The leading character is reserved for voivodeship, but in practice all vehicles are issued W and registered by

640-521: The directly elected mayor ( burmistrz or prezydent ), and the city office/town hall ( urząd miasta ). Sometimes, a powiat has its seat outside its territory. For example, Poznań County ( powiat poznański ) has its offices in Poznań , although Poznań is itself a city county, and is therefore not part of Poznań County. Powiats have relatively limited powers since many local and regional matters are dealt with either at gmina or voivodeship level. Some of

672-422: The law, leading to officials locally sometimes giving incorrect advice on this point. When in doubt, motorists are recommended to refer to their respective embassies. The licence plates are invalid without two adhesive stickers with holograms placed on the license plates, and, before 2022, an adhesive plaque bearing the same number as the plates inside the windshield. If the vehicle uses only one licence plate then

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704-426: The main areas in which the powiat authorities have decision-making powers and competences include: The Polish the name of a county, in the administrative sense, consists of the word powiat followed by a masculine-gender adjective (because powiat is a masculine noun ). In most cases, this is the adjective formed from the name of the town or city where the county has its seat . Thus the county with its seat at

736-441: The new owner must replace it with a registration for their address and area, and give the EU plate to their powiat licensing authority to free up numbers in the future. If the car has a plate dated before May 1, 2006, the owner is free to do whatever they wish with it, as long as it is legal under Polish law . The plaque cannot be replaced if destroyed. The change of the whole set is required. The change in system shown below in 2001

768-433: The noun only ( powiat makowski ). There are also a few counties whose names are derived from the names of two towns (such as powiat czarnkowsko-trzcianecki , Czarnków-Trzcianka County ), from the name of a city and a geographical adjective ( powiat łódzki wschodni , Łódź East County ), or a mountain range ( powiat tatrzański , Tatra County ). There is more than one way to render such names into English . A common method

800-476: The number is written down without it. The following characters are used in licence plate examples: The letters used in licence plates include all standard Latin alphabet letters outside of Q (not used at all in the Polish language). The letters B, D, I, O, and Z cannot be used in series area (on the right, after the gap), because they could be confused with similarly-looking digits. Custom plates are allowed to include these letters though. The leading 0 in numbers

832-415: The old voivodeships to have a single letter. Only the standard latin alphabet was used (excluding Q), and the specific Polish characters with diacritics were excluded. Therefore, two letters had to be used to indicate the vehicle's origin (the middle administrative level of powiat was not introduced until 1999). Since the change, the first letter has always denoted the new voivodeship. One additional letter

864-513: The same status as former county boroughs in the UK . The other type of powiat s are termed "land counties" ( powiaty ziemskie ). As of 2018, there were 380 powiat -level entities: 314 land counties, and 66 city counties. For a complete alphabetical listing, see " List of Polish counties ". For tables of counties by voivodeship, see the articles on the individual voivodeships (e.g., Greater Poland Voivodeship ). The history of Polish powiats goes back to

896-441: The same width as US plates. Format: These plates use black text on yellow background with an additional picture of a vintage car on the right side. Vehicles are required to meet three criteria: These criteria, however, can be waived for special cases, such as prototype vehicles that were never mass-produced, cars of considerable historical value, or models representing technological breakthroughs. As such, issuing of these plates

928-606: The second half of the 14th century. They remained the basic unit of territorial organization in Poland, then in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , until the latter's partitioning in 1795. In the 19th century, the powiats continued to function in the part of Poland that had been incorporated into the Russian Empire and in the confederated " Congress Kingdom of Poland "—the equivalent of the Russian uyezd –and, in

960-404: The second sticker must be attached to the registration documents. Each powiat uses a unique two or three letter code, with the first letter denoting the voivodeship. The number pools listed below are not used in any particular order, although one pool is usually depleted before the next one is used. A visible gap exists between the area code and series, but there is no possibility of confusion if

992-511: The town of Kutno is named powiat kutnowski ( Kutno County ). (In modern Polish both parts of the name are written in lower case ; however, names of powiats in the Grand Duchy of Poznań were written in upper case .) Suppose the name of the seat comprises a noun followed by an adjective, as in Maków Mazowiecki (" Mazovian Maków"). In that case, the adjective will generally be formed from

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1024-9413: The voivodeship code. The following letter denotes the usage of the vehicle. For example, military trucks have licence plates beginning with " UC ". The trailing T in the number denotes a tracked vehicle. The military are not obliged to use the standard licence plates on tracked vehicles, armoured cars and armoured personnel carriers — they can be painted on the vehicle itself or applied as a sticker. Codes: DB – Wałbrzych ( city county ) DBA – Wałbrzych County DBL – Bolesławiec County DDZ – Dzierżoniów County DGL – Głogów County DGR – Góra County DJ – Jelenia Góra ( city county ) DJA – Jawor County DJE – Jelenia Góra County DKA – Kamienna Góra County DKL – Kłodzko County DL – Legnica ( city county ) DLB – Lubań County DLE – Legnica County DLU – Lubin County DLW – Lwówek Śląski County DMI – Milicz County DOA – Oława County DOL – Oleśnica County DPL – Polkowice County DSR – Środa Śląska County DST – Strzelin County DSW – Świdnica County DTR – Trzebnica County DW, DX – Wrocław ( city county ) DWL – Wołów County DWR – Wrocław County DZA – Ząbkowice Śląskie County DZG – Zgorzelec County DZL – Złotoryja County CAL – Aleksandrów Kujawski County CB – Bydgoszcz ( city county ) CBR – Brodnica County CBY – Bydgoszcz County CCH – Chełmno County CG – Grudziądz ( city county ) CGD – Golub-Dobrzyń County CGR – Grudziądz County CIN – Inowrocław County CLI – Lipno County CMG – Mogilno County CNA – Nakło County CRA – Radziejów County CRY – Rypin County CSE – Sępólno County CSW – Świecie County CT – Toruń ( city county ) CTR – Toruń County CTU – Tuchola County CW – Włocławek ( city county ) CWA – Wąbrzeźno County CWL – Włocławek County CZN – Żnin County EBE – Bełchatów County EBR – Brzeziny County EKU – Kutno County EL , ED – Łódź ( city county ) ELA – Łask County ELC – Łowicz County ELE – Łęczyca County ELW – Łódź East County EOP – Opoczno County EP – Piotrków Trybunalski ( city county ) EPA – Pabianice County EPD – Poddębice County EPI – Piotrków Trybunalski County EPJ – Pajęczno County ERA – Radomsko County ERW – Rawa Mazowiecka County ES – Skierniewice ( city county ) ESI – Sieradz County ESK – Skierniewice County ETM – Tomaszów Mazowiecki County EWE – Wieruszów County EWI – Wieluń County EZD – Zduńska Wola County EZG – Zgierz County LB – Biała Podlaska ( city county ) LBI – Biała Podlaska County LBL – Biłgoraj County LC – Chełm ( city county ) LCH – Chełm County LHR – Hrubieszów County LJA – Janów Lubelski County LKR – Kraśnik County LKS – Krasnystaw County LLB – Lubartów County LLE – Łęczna County LLU – Łuków County LOP – Opole Lubelskie County LPA – Parczew County LPU – Puławy County LRA – Radzyń Podlaski County LRY – Ryki County LSW – Świdnik County LTM – Tomaszów Lubelski County LU – Lublin ( city county ) LUB – Lublin County LWL – Włodawa County LZ – Zamość ( city county ) LZA – Zamość County FG – Gorzów Wielkopolski ( city county ) FGW – Gorzów Wielkopolski County FKR – Krosno Odrzańskie County FMI – Międzyrzecz County FNW – Nowa Sól County FSD – Strzelce-Drezdenko County FSL - Słubice County FSU – Sulęcin County FSW – Świebodzin County FWS – Wschowa County FZ – Zielona Góra ( city county ) FZA – Żary County FZG – Żagań County FZI – Zielona Góra County KBC – Bochnia County KBR – Brzesko County KCH – Chrzanów County KDA – Dąbrowa Tarnowska County KGR – Gorlice County KLI – Limanowa County KMI – Miechów County KMY – Myślenice County KN – Nowy Sącz ( city county ) KNS – Nowy Sącz County KNT – Nowy Targ County KOL – Olkusz County KOS – Oświęcim County KPR – Proszowice County KR, KK – Kraków ( city county ) KRA – Kraków County KSU – Sucha Beskidzka County KT – Tarnów ( city county ) KTA – Tarnów County KTT – Tatra County KWA – Wadowice County KWI – Wieliczka County WA – Warsaw ( Białołęka district ) WB – Warsaw ( Bemowo district ) WBR – Białobrzegi County WCI – Ciechanów County WD – Warsaw ( Bielany district ) WE – Warsaw ( Mokotów district ) WF – Warsaw ( Praga-Południe district ) WG – Garwolin County WGM – Grodzisk Mazowiecki County WGR – Grójec County WGS – Gostynin County WH – Warsaw ( Praga-Północ district ) WI – Warsaw ( Śródmieście district ) WJ – Warsaw ( Targówek district ) WK – Warsaw ( Ursus district ) WKZ – Kozienice County WL – Legionowo County WLI – Lipsko County WLS – Łosice County WM – Mińsk Mazowiecki County WMA – Maków Mazowiecki County WML – Mława County WN – Warsaw ( Ursynów district ) WND – Nowy Dwór County WO – Ostrołęka ( city county ) WOR – Ostrów Mazowiecka County WOS – Ostrołęka County WOT – Otwock County WP – Płock ( city county ) WPI – Piaseczno County WPL – Płock County WPN – Płońsk County WPR – Pruszków County WPU – Pułtusk County WPY – Przysucha County WPZ – Przasnysz County WR – Radom ( city county ) WRA – Radom County WS – Siedlce ( city county ) WSC – Sochaczew County WSE – Sierpc County WSI – Siedlce County WSK – Sokołów Podlaski County WSZ – Szydłowiec County WT – Warsaw ( Wawer district ) WU – Warsaw ( Ochota district ) WW **** (last K, L, M, N, V, R, S ) – Warsaw ( Włochy district ) WW **** (last F, G, H, J, W ) – Warsaw ( Wilanów district ) WW **** (last A, C, E, X, Y ) – Warsaw ( Rembertów district ) WWE – Węgrów County WWL, WV – Wołomin County WWY – Wyszków County WX – Warsaw ( Żoliborz district ) WX ***Y# – Warsaw ( Wesoła district ) WY – Warsaw ( Wola district ) WZ – Warsaw West County WZU – Żuromin County WZW – Zwoleń County WZY – Żyrardów County OB – Brzeg County OGL – Głubczyce County OK – Kędzierzyn-Koźle County OKL – Kluczbork County OKR – Krapkowice County ONA – Namysłów County ONY – Nysa County OOL – Olesno County OP – Opole ( city county ) OPO – Opole County OPR – Prudnik County OST – Strzelce Opolskie County RBI – Bieszczady County RBR – Brzozów County RDE – Dębica County RJA – Jarosław County RJS – Jasło County RK – Krosno ( city county ) RKL – Kolbuszowa County RKR – Krosno County RLA – Łańcut County RLE – Leżajsk County RLS – Lesko County RLU – Lubaczów County RMI – Mielec County RNI – Nisko County RP – Przemyśl ( city county ) RPR – Przemyśl County RPZ – Przeworsk County RRS – Ropczyce-Sędziszów County RSA – Sanok County RSR – Strzyżów County RST – Stalowa Wola County RT – Tarnobrzeg ( city county ) RTA – Tarnobrzeg County RZ – Rzeszów ( city county ) RZE – Rzeszów County BAU – Augustów County BBI – Bielsk Podlaski County BGR – Grajewo County BHA – Hajnówka County BI – Białystok ( city county ) BIA – Białystok County BKL – Kolno County BL – Łomża ( city county ) BLM – Łomża County BMN – Monki County BS – Suwałki ( city county ) BSE – Sejny County BSI – Siemiatycze County BSK – Sokółka County BSU – Suwałki County BWM – Wysokie Mazowieckie County BZA – Zambrów County GA – Gdynia ( city county ) GBY – Bytów County GCH – Chojnice County GCZ – Człuchów County GD – Gdańsk ( city county ) GDA – Gdańsk County GKA – Kartuzy County GKS – Kościerzyna County GKW – Kwidzyn County GLE – Lębork County GMB – Malbork County GND – Nowy Dwór Gdański County GPU – Puck County GS – Słupsk ( city county ) GSL – Słupsk County GSP – Sopot ( city county ) GST – Starogard Gdański County GSZ – Sztum County GTC – Tczew County GWE – Wejherowo County Powiat A powiat ( [ˈpɔvjat] ; pl.   powiaty )

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