It was a solution adopted after the French model, as the entire Duchy was in fact created by Napoleon, and based on French ideas, although the departaments were divided into traditional Polish powiats (counties).
Brzesko County (powiat brzeski) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
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Brzeg County (powiat brzeski) in Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
This organization was based on the French model, as the entire Duchy was in fact created by Napoleon and based on French ideas, although departments were divided into Polish powiats (counties).
The first mention dates back to August 14, 1358, when a chronicler noted Goniądz as a seat of a powiat within the land of Wizna.
Karl Freudenthal Kreishauptmann of powiat Garwolin responsible for murder of Jews and Poles, and for deportation of local Jewish population to the ghetto.
The acts of parliament applied for powiats of Grodno and Wołożyn of Białystok Voivodeship, as well as 20 other powiats in the eastern voivodeships of Poland.
Piotrków County, powiat piotrkowski, unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland
Ryki belongs to Lesser Poland, and historically is part of Ziemia Stężycka (The Land of Stężyca, an ancient county, the only part of historic Sandomierz Voivodeship which was located on the right bank of the Vistula river).
Sokółka County (powiat sokólski), an administrative division of Poland
Two counties (powiats) in Poland may be referred to in English by this name, as in Polish they are both named powiat średzki (which means "powiat of Środa").
The aforementioned units were roughly correspondent to the actual administrative division of the area into powiats of Augustów, Suwałki and Sejny of the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland, respectively.
Wałcz County (powiat wałecki), an administrative division in NW Poland
Zamość County, Polish name powiat zamojski, an administrative division in eastern Poland