page_title: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
section_title: Cities and towns
hierarchical_section_title: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship / Cities and towns
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Muzeum w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim, dawny pałac Wielopolskich English: Museum in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
context_page_description: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Świętokrzyskie Province, or Holy Cross Province is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is divided. It is situated in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range. Its capital and largest city is Kielce.
  Świętokrzyskie Province is bounded by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north, Lublin to the east, Subcarpathian to the southeast, Lesser Poland to the south, Silesian to the southwest and Łódź to the northwest.
  The province was created on 1 January 1999, out of the former Kielce Voivodeship, eastern part of Częstochowa Voivodeship and western part of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of 11,672 square kilometres, making it the second smallest of the voivodeships. As at 2006, the total population of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is 1,281,796.
context_section_description: The voivodeship contains 32 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 ):
  Kielce (207,718)
  Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (73,937)
  Starachowice (53,092)
  Skarżysko-Kamienna (49,131)
  Sandomierz (25,088)
  Końskie (20,667)
  Busko-Zdrój (17,297)
  Jędrzejów (16,577)
  Staszów (15,499)
  Pińczów (11,886)
  Włoszczowa (10,782)
  Suchedniów (8,911)
  Połaniec (8,316)
  Opatów (6,846)
  Sędziszów (6,813)
  Stąporków (5,986)
  Kazimierza Wielka (5,730)
  Ożarów (4,816)
  Chęciny (4,252)
  Chmielnik (4,005)
  Małogoszcz (3,943)
  Radoszyce (3,267)
  Ćmielów (3,172)
  Kunów (3,127)
  Daleszyce (2,800)
  Wąchock (2,760)
  Koprzywnica (2,531)
  Bodzentyn (2,241)
  Osiek (1,955)
  Zawichost (1,853)
  Stopnica (1,545)
  Skalbmierz (1,323)
  Działoszyce (1,068)
  Wiślica (503)
  Opatowiec (338)
caption: Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is the second most populous city
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