Mazovia or Masovia (Polish: Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland.It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the unofficial capital and largest city. Throughout the centuries, Mazovia developed a separate sub-culture featuring diverse folk songs, architecture, dress and traditions different from those of …

The gmina (Polish:, plural gminy [ˈɡmʲinɨ], from German Gemeinde meaning commune) is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality.As of 1 January 2019, there were 2477 communes throughout the country, encompassing 940 cities and over 43,000 villages.. The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, …