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.
2-521: Bemowo is a district of Warsaw located in the western part of the city. Its territory covers the western belt of the former district of Wola , which was incorporated to Warsaw in the year 1951. The name of the district derives from the surname of General Józef Bem . Bemowo is twinned with: This Warsaw -related location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dzielnica The subsidiary units of many towns and cities are called osiedles rather than dzielnice, although it
4-541: 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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