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Warsaw Department

Coordinates: 52°14′00″N 21°01′00″E / 52.233333°N 21.016667°E / 52.233333; 21.016667
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Warsaw Department
Departament Warszawski
Department of the Duchy of Warsaw
1806–1815

Administrative division of the Duchy of Warsaw, 1810–1815. Warsaw Department is navy blue in the center
CapitalWarsaw
History 
• Established
1806
• Disestablished
1815
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Warsaw Department
Masovian Voivodeship (1816–1837)

Warsaw Department (Polish: Departament warszawski) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Warsaw in years 1806–1815. Its capital was Warsaw.[1]

Administrative division: 10 counties

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  • Błonie County
  • Brzezin County
  • Czersk County
  • Gostynin County
  • Łęczyca County
  • Orłów County
  • Rawa Mazowiecka County
  • Sochaczew County
  • Warszawa County
  • Zgiersk County
  • Siennick County (1810)
  • Stanisławow County (1810)

In 1815 it was transformed into Masovian Voivodeship.

References

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  1. ^ Konstytucja Księstwa Warszawskiego, Tytuł VIII. Podział kraju i administracja. Art. 64. Kraj zostaje podzielony na sześć departamentów. 22 lipca 1807. (in Polish)
  • Jacek Arkadiusz Goclon, Polska na królu pruskim zdobyta, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław 2002.
  • Mieczysław Bandurka, Zmiany administracyjne i terytorialne ziem województwa łódzkiego w XIX i XX wieku, NDAP, UW w Łodzi, AP w Łodzi, Łódź 1995.

52°14′00″N 21°01′00″E / 52.233333°N 21.016667°E / 52.233333; 21.016667