Bydgoszcz Voivodship ( Polish: Województwo bydgoskie ) is the historical voivodship of Poland that existed in 1947-1998. The administrative center of the region was Bydgoszcz .
| Voivodship | |
| Bydgoszcz Voivodeship | |
|---|---|
| polish Województwo bydgoskie | |
| A country | |
| Adm. Centre | Bydgoszcz |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | June 1, 1975 |
| Date of Abolition | December 31, 1998 |
| Square | 10 349 km² (3rd place ) |
| Population | |
| Population | 1,136,900 ( 1998 ) ( 6th place ) |
| Density | 109.85 people / km² |
 | |
The area of the voivodship was 10349 km², the population - 1,136,900 people (1998).
The relief is predominantly flat, slightly hilly in the north.
The climate is temperate continental, the average January temperature is –2.1 °, July –18.4 ° (Bidgosh), and precipitation is 500-600 mm per year. Significant massifs of pine forests ( Tukholskaya Pushcha , etc.).
Navigable rivers: Vistula , Brda , Notets . Bydgoszcz Canal ( Wisla - Odra system ). Bydgoszcz Voivodeship is an industrial and agricultural region.
Industry: mechanical engineering, food (especially sugar - 18.5% (1957) of total sugar production in the country), chemical (soda, superphosphate), woodworking, pulp and paper, etc.
Important industrial centers: Bydgoszcz, Inowroclaw, Wloclawek, Torun, Grudziadz.
During the time of the Polish People’s Republic, up to 60% of the territory was occupied by arable land. The main crops are cereals (53%) and potatoes (15%); among others, sugar and fodder beets were the largest. Livestock meat and dairy farming developed.
Roads connecting Silesia and the central regions of the country with the ports of Gdansk and Gdynia passed through the province.
On January 1, 1999, the Voivodeship was abolished, and its territory became part of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship .
Links
- Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia : in 12 volumes = Ukrainian Radyansk Encyclopedia (Ukrainian) / Ed. M. Bazhan . - 2nd view. - K .: Goal. Editorial URE, 1974-1985.