The user query in Polish asks: “ile miast jest w Polsce” (“how many cities are there in Poland”). Based on the latest widely cited administrative data, Poland has 1,020 cities as of January 1, 2025. This includes a mix of different city-status categories such as independent urban gminas, cities with county rights, and other status distinctions recognized in Polish administrative law. Key points to understand:
- Total number of cities: 1,020 (as of 2025-01-01) [web results indicate this figure across multiple sources referencing the 2025 update].
- Sub-categories commonly cited in Polish statistics:
- Miejskie gminy (urban gminas): 302
- Miasta będące siedzibą powiatu (cities with county rights): 66
- Miasta na prawach powiatu (cities with the rights of a county; often overlapping naming conventions in sources)
- Wiele źródeł wspomina też 34 miasta z liczbą mieszkańców powyżej 100 000, 18 miast będących siedzibami władz wojewódzkich, etc., by way of context for urban distribution.
- The count can vary slightly depending on the exact definitional criteria used by different statistical sources or updates to status changes (e.g., new towns gaining city status). However, the established recent official figure reported is 1,020 cities as of early 2025.
If you’d like, I can:
- Break down the 1,020 by category (urban gminy, cities with county rights, etc.) with sources.
- Compare the 2024 vs. 2025 changes (e.g., which towns gained city status) if you want a historical view.
- Translate or provide of-the-text references in Polish for local context.