List of Polish gminas

Major changes to the framework (such as a restructuring of local administration or regulation of the duties and powers of the self-government) is only possible by law.

In the meanwhile, Poland abolished counties completely and introduced a new, two-tier administrative division, with 49 smaller voivodeships and gminas.

[7] Ostensibly the reforms of 1973 and 1975 were made in order to guide Poland through an accelerated period of growth, however, the real intent seemed to be the fear of what the government in Warsaw and party organs saw as excessive decentralisation.

[8] Quickly though, over 500 towns that previously had been separate municipalities were merged into urban-rural gminas; that made the number close to what is in 2021.

[11][12] As of 1 January 2021, the number of gminas according to its type is the following:[2] Silesian Poland Mazurian Poland Pomeranian county rights The list contains 2,477 municipalities sorted by increasing TERYT (Polish for National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) code of such units, which is not given in the table.