In the Polish system of local administration, a dzielnica [d͡ʑɛlˈɲit͡sa] (Polish 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 osiedle 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.
2-501: Wzgórza Krzesławickie is one of 18 districts of Kraków , located in the northeast part of the city. The name Wzgórza Krzesławickie comes from a village named Krzesławice (first mentioned in 1228) that is now a part of the district. According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is 23.82 square kilometres (9.20 square miles) and 20 303 people inhabit Wzgórza Krzesławickie. Wzgórza Krzesławickie
4-842: Is divided into smaller subdivisions ( osiedles ). Here's a list of them. [REDACTED] Media related to District XVII Wzgórza Krzesławickie (Kraków) at Wikimedia Commons Dzielnica The subsidiary units of many towns and cities are called osiedles rather than dzielnice, although it is also possible for osiedles to exist within a dzielnica. Numbers and sizes of dzielnice vary significantly between cities. Warsaw has 18 dzielnice, as does Kraków ; Gdańsk has 34, Gdynia 22, Lublin 27, Katowice 22 and Szczecin 4. Some cities are no longer formally divided into dzielnice, although formerly existing dzielnice continue to be referred to as such and serve as areas of jurisdiction for administrative offices. Łódź , Wrocław and Poznań are each divided into five districts of this type. The word dzielnica
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