Administrative Division
Lesser Poland Voivodeship is divided into 22 counties (powiats): 3 city counties and 19 land counties. These are further divided into 182 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
| English and Polish names |
Area |
Population |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Kraków | 327 | 756,757 | 1 | ||
| Tarnów | 72 | 117,109 | 1 | ||
| Nowy Sącz | 57 | 84,594 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Kraków County powiat krakowski |
1,230 | 244,970 | Kraków * | Skawina, Krzeszowice, Słomniki, Skała, Świątniki Górne | 17 |
| Nowy Sącz County powiat nowosądecki |
1,550 | 197,718 | Nowy Sącz * | Krynica-Zdrój, Stary Sącz, Grybów, Piwniczna-Zdrój, Muszyna | 16 |
| Tarnów County powiat tarnowski |
1,413 | 193,549 | Tarnów * | Tuchów, Żabno, Wojnicz, Radłów, Ryglice, Ciężkowice, Zakliczyn | 16 |
| Nowy Targ County powiat nowotarski |
1,475 | 181,878 | Nowy Targ | Rabka-Zdrój, Szczawnica | 14 |
| Wadowice County powiat wadowicki |
646 | 154,304 | Wadowice | Andrychów, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska | 10 |
| Oświęcim County powiat oświęcimski |
406 | 153,390 | Oświęcim | Kęty, Brzeszcze, Chełmek, Zator | 9 |
| Chrzanów County powiat chrzanowski |
371 | 128,103 | Chrzanów | Trzebinia, Libiąż, Alwernia | 5 |
| Limanowa County powiat limanowski |
952 | 121,658 | Limanowa | Mszana Dolna | 12 |
| Myślenice County powiat myślenicki |
673 | 116,793 | Myślenice | Sułkowice, Dobczyce | 9 |
| Olkusz County powiat olkuski |
622 | 114,286 | Olkusz | Bukowno, Wolbrom | 6 |
| Gorlice County powiat gorlicki |
967 | 106,540 | Gorlice | Biecz, Bobowa | 10 |
| Wieliczka County powiat wielicki |
428 | 105,266 | Wieliczka | Niepołomice | 5 |
| Bochnia County powiat bocheński |
649 | 100,382 | Bochnia | Nowy Wiśnicz | 9 |
| Brzesko County powiat brzeski |
590 | 90,214 | Brzesko | Czchów | 7 |
| Sucha County powiat suski |
686 | 82,045 | Sucha Beskidzka | Maków Podhalański, Jordanów | 9 |
| Tatra County powiat tatrzański |
472 | 65,393 | Zakopane | 5 | |
| Dąbrowa County powiat dąbrowski |
530 | 58,572 | Dąbrowa Tarnowska | Szczucin | 7 |
| Miechów County powiat miechowski |
677 | 50,769 | Miechów | 7 | |
| Proszowice County powiat proszowicki |
415 | 43,441 | Proszowice | Nowe Brzesko | 6 |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
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