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.
5-442: Fabryczna ( Polish pronunciation: [faˈbrɨt͡ʂna] ) is a former borough of Wrocław located in the western part of the city. Before the changes in 1991, it was the largest district of Wrocław. On 21 March 1991, the newly created City Office of Wrocław assumed many of the functions previously carried out within the borough. The name, though, remained in use, mainly for statistical and administrative purposes. Fabryczna
10-606: Is a Polish adjective derived from the noun fabryka ('factory'), and therefore the name roughly translates as 'industrial.' It is located in the western part of the city, on the left (south) side of the Oder river . Since 1991, Fabryczna has been divided into 14 districts: The northern part of Fabryczna district was severely damaged in the flood of 1997, especially in the Kozanów neighbourhood, which remained flooded for two weeks. Food and medicines were supplied to its inhabitants with
15-541: 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
20-602: The help of the military . The source of the flooding of this neighbourhood was not the Oder itself but the Bystrzyca, a small river which flows into the Oder in the proximity of Kozanów. Fabryczna is home to the Wroclaw Municipal Stadium as well as several parks including Park Zachodni, and Park Tysiąclecia. The A8 highway runs through he district. The Milenijny and Rędziński bridges connect it to
25-687: The other side of the Oder. The dzielnica is the location of the Magnolia Park shopping mall. It is also the home of the Wrocław Airport . This area has few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is " Cfb ". (Marine West Coast Climate). 51°07′09″N 16°55′34″E / 51.119121°N 16.926234°E / 51.119121; 16.926234 Dzielnica The subsidiary units of many towns and cities are called osiedles rather than dzielnice, although it
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