page_title: Lublin Voivodeship
section_title: Cities and towns
hierarchical_section_title: Lublin Voivodeship / Cities and towns
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Ratusz w Zamościu.
context_page_description: Lublin Voivodeship, or Lublin Province, is a voivodeship, or region, located in southeastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships, pursuant to Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lublin, and its territory is made of four historical lands: the western part of the voivodeship, with Lublin itself, belongs to Lesser Poland, the eastern part of Lublin Area belongs to Red Ruthenia, and the northeast belongs to Polesie and Podlasie.
  Lublin Voivodeship borders Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the south, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the south-west, Masovian Voivodeship to the west and north, Podlaskie Voivodeship along a short boundary to the north, Belarus and Ukraine to the east. The region's population as of 2006 was 2,175,251. It covers an area of 25,155 square kilometres.
context_section_description: The voivodeship contains 42 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006:
  Lublin (354,272)
  Chełm (67,989)
  Zamość (66,613)
  Biała Podlaska (58,010)
  Puławy (49,839)
  Świdnik (40,037)
  Kraśnik (36,072)
  Łuków (30,564)
  Biłgoraj (27,225)
  Lubartów (22,950)
  Łęczna (21,689)
  Tomaszów Lubelski (20,118)
  Krasnystaw (19,434)
  Hrubieszów (18,617)
  Dęblin (17,933)
  Międzyrzec Podlaski (17,162)
  Radzyń Podlaski (16,133)
  Włodawa (13,630)
  Janów Lubelski (11,938)
  Parczew (10,281)
  Poniatowa (9,911)
  Ryki (9,716)
  Opole Lubelskie (8,832)
  Bełżyce (7,054)
  Terespol (5,969)
  Szczebrzeszyn (5,299)
  Bychawa (5,285)
  Rejowiec Fabryczny (4,533)
  Nałęczów (4,243)
  Kazimierz Dolny (3,572)
  Kock (3,478)
  Tarnogród (3,372)
  Zwierzyniec (3,344)
  Krasnobród (3,047)
  Stoczek Łukowski (2,719)
  Annopol (2,690)
  Piaski (2,626)
  Józefów (2,450)
  Łaszczów (c. 2,300)
  Ostrów Lubelski (2,245)
  Tyszowce (2,242)
  Frampol (1,415)
caption: The Zamość Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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