Sieradz Voivodeship [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Sieradz Voivodeship
Sieradz Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Łódź Voivodeship.
1975-1998.
Capital city: Sieradz
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- Zduńska Wola (45,900);
- Sieradz (44,700);
- Wieluń (25,500);
- Łask (20,200).
See also:
- Voivodeships of Poland
1772-1795.
Sieradz Voivodeship was a
Voivodeship, Sieradz Voivodeship, Kalisz Voivodeship, Płock Voivodeship, Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship, Inowrocław Voivodeship, Dobrzyń Land, and parts of the Kraków Voivodeship, Rawa Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship. This was accepted by the Grodno Sejm on 23 September or 25 September (sources vary). Prussia organized its newly acquired territories into South Prussia.
The Commonwealth lost about 5 million people; only about 4 million people remained in the Polish–Lithuanian lands.
What was left of the Commonwealth was a small buffer state with a puppet king