page_title: Lesser Poland Voivodeship
section_title: List of cities and towns
hierarchical_section_title: Lesser Poland Voivodeship / List of cities and towns
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Fragment panoramy Nowego Targu
context_page_description: Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province, also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland. It has an area of 15,108 square kilometres, and a population of 3,410,900.
  It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Kraków, Tarnów, Nowy Sącz and parts of Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Kielce and Krosno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: Małopolska. Current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only a small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region which, together with Greater Poland and Silesia, formed the early medieval Polish state. Historic Lesser Poland is much larger than the current province. It stretches far north, to Radom, and Siedlce, also including such cities, as Stalowa Wola, Lublin, Kielce, Częstochowa, and Sosnowiec.
  The province is bounded on the north by the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, on the west by Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska, and on the south by the Tatra,
  Pieniny and Beskidy Mountains.
context_section_description: The voivodeship contains 61 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 ):
  Kraków (756,757)
  Tarnów (117,109)
  Nowy Sącz (84,594)
  Oświęcim (40,979)
  Chrzanów (39,797)
  Olkusz (37,552)
  Nowy Targ (33,493)
  Bochnia (29,373)
  Gorlice (28,539)
  Zakopane (27,486)
  Skawina (23,691)
  Andrychów (21,691)
  Kęty (19,252)
  Wadowice (19,149)
  Wieliczka (19,133)
  Trzebinia (18,769)
  Myślenice (18,070)
  Libiąż (17,604)
  Brzesko (16,827)
  Limanowa (14,632)
  Rabka-Zdrój (13,031)
  Brzeszcze (11,730)
  Miechów (11,717)
  Dąbrowa Tarnowska (11,259)
  Krynica-Zdrój (11,243)
  Bukowno (10,695)
  Krzeszowice (9,942)
  Sucha Beskidzka (9,726)
  Wolbrom (9,075)
  Chełmek (9,065)
  Stary Sącz (8,987)
  Niepołomice (8,537)
  Mszana Dolna (7,529)
  Szczawnica (7,334)
  Tuchów (6,501)
  Sułkowice (6,305)
  Proszowice (6,205)
  Dobczyce (6,028)
  Grybów (6,025)
  Maków Podhalański (5,738)
  Piwniczna-Zdrój (5,717)
  Jordanów (5,112)
  Muszyna (4,980)
  Biecz (4,585)
  Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (4,503)
  Słomniki (4,331)
  Żabno (4,271)
  Szczucin (4,069)
  Zator (3,726)
  Skała (3,693)
  Alwernia (3,406)
  Wojnicz (3,404)
  Bobowa (3,018)
  Radłów (c. 2,800)
  Ryglice (2,784)
  Nowy Wiśnicz (2,716)
  Ciężkowice (2,378)
  Czchów (2,207)
  Świątniki Górne (2,101)
  Nowe Brzesko (c. 1,700)
  Zakliczyn (1,556)
caption: Nowy Targ
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