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Striving for a restitution of the former splendor? Reasons for municipal splits in Poland

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  • Łukomska Julita

    (Chair of Development and Local Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland)

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Shaping the administrative division of the country is influenced by various factors. Based on the analysis of 22 municipal divorces in Poland between 1995 and 2019 the article attempts to identify the determinant factors of these splits. The article examines environmental (economic or cultural) and political factors which may stimulate the fragmentation initiatives. The results indicate that in Poland cultural factors appear to be at least as important as economic ones. An argument of great significance in the process of a new municipality creation (both in the case of successful and unsuccessful splits) was the memory of the inhabitants about the time when they were operating as a separate municipality. In case of rural municipalities the existence of a second almost equally important population centre in the municipality was an important factor contributing to the municipal splits.

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  • Łukomska Julita, 2021. "Striving for a restitution of the former splendor? Reasons for municipal splits in Poland," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 25(1), pages 71-81, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:25:y:2021:i:1:p:71-81:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0047
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