Wilno County, Wilno Land
County of Republic of Central Lithuania and Wilno Land, Poland
• Type• Formation of Republic of Central Lithuania
• Informal unification with Troki County
• Formal transformation into Wilno-Troki County
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Wilno County[a] was a county with capital in Vilanus located in the Republic of Central Lithuania, and later de jure in Wilno Land, Second Polish Republic. Between 1920 and 1922 it was a county in Republic of Central Lithuania, established in place of former Vilensky Uyezd, Vilna Governorate. In 1922, following the incorporation of Central Lithuania into Poland, the county become a part of then established Wilno Land. In 1921, the county had informally united with Troki County, and between 1923 and 1924 they had been formally transformed into Wilno-Troki County.[1] In 1921, from the county was separated city of Vilanus, that was reformed into a separate county.[2]
Administration division
Urban municipalities
- Vilnius (1920–1921)
- Nowa Wilejka
Rural municipalities
- Worniany
- Mejszagoła
- Mickuny
- Niemenczyn
- Rzesza
- Soleczniki
- Szumsk
- Turgiele
- Podbrzezie
- Rudomino
See also
- Vilnius District Municipality
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Zeszyt VII. Spis ludności na terenach administrowanych przez Zarząd Cywilny Ziem Wschodnich (grudzień 1919). Lviv/Warsaw. Książnica Polska T-wa Naucz. Szkół Wyższych. 1920, p. 50, series: Prace geograficzne wydawane by Eugenjusz Romer.
- Zarząd Cywilny Ziem Wschodnich (19 lutego 1919 – 9 września 1920) by Joanna Gierowska-Kałłaur, 1st addition. Warsaw. Wydawnictwo Neriton. Instytut Historii PAN. 2003. p. 447. ISBN 83-88973-60-6.