A local self-government community (all inhabitants) and the relevant territory, i.e. a unit of basic territorial division, covering the area from several to more than a dozen gminas or the entire area of a city with powiat status (i.e. urban gmina, which was given powiat rights).

The current number of territorial division units: http://www.stat.gov.pl/bip/36_PLK_HTML.htm

• Act of 24 July 1998 on the Introduction of the Basic Three-Tier Territorial Division of the State
  Place of publication: (Dz. U. poz. 603, z późn. zm.)
• Act of 5 June 1998 on Powiat Local Government
  Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2024 r. poz. 107)

• Voivodship

• Gmina