Editing Lesser Poland (section)

== Major cities and towns (by size) ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:60%;"
|-
! L.p.
! City
! Population (2023)
! Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>.)
! Current voivodeship
|-
| 1.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Kraków COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Kraków]]'''
| 803,282 || 326,80
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|-
| 2.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Lublin COA 1.svg|20px]] '''[[Lublin]]'''
| 331,243 || 147,45 || Lublin Voivodeship
|-
| 3.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Częstochowa COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Częstochowa]]'''
| 208,282 || 159,71 || Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 4.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Radom COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Radom]]'''
| 197,848 || 111,80
| Masovian Voivodeship
|-
| 5.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Sosnowiec Herb.svg|20px]] '''[[Sosnowiec]]'''
| 189,178 || 91,06 ||Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 6.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Herb miasta Kielce.svg|20px]] '''[[Kielce]]'''
| 183,885 || 109,65
| [[Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship]]
|-
| 7.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Bielsko-Biała COA.svg|40px]] '''[[Bielsko-Biała]]'''*
| 166,765 || 124,51 || Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 8.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Dąbrowa Górnicza COA 1.svg|20px]] '''[[Dąbrowa Górnicza]]'''
| 114,765 || 188,73 || Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 9.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Tarnów COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Tarnów]]'''
| 103,960 || 72,38
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|-
| 10.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Jaworzno COA alt.svg|20px]] '''[[Jaworzno]]'''
| 87,552 || 152,67 || Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 11.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Nowy Sącz COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Nowy Sącz]]'''
| 80,587 || 57,58
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|-
| 12.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Herb Siedlce.svg|20px]] '''[[Siedlce]]'''**
| 75,623 || 32,00
| Masovian Voivodeship
|-
| 13.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski]]'''
| 62,980 || 46,43
| Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
|-
| 14.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Mielec COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Mielec]]'''
| 57,363 || 46,89
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship
|-
| 15.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Stalowa Wola COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Stalowa Wola]]'''
| 55,846 || 82,52
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship
|-
| 16.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Będzin COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Będzin]]'''
| 54,322 || 37,37 || Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 17.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Zawiercie COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Zawiercie]]'''
| 46,727 || 85,25 || Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 18.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Starachowice herb.svg|20px]] '''[[Starachowice]]'''
| 44,992 || 31,82
| Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
|-
| 19.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Puławy herb.svg|20px]] '''[[Puławy]]'''
| 44,397 || 50,49 || Lublin Voivodeship
|-
| 20.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Tarnobrzeg COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Tarnobrzeg]]'''
| 44,156 || 85,39
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship
|-
| 21.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Dębica COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Dębica]]'''
| 43,301 || 34,02
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship
|-
| 22.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Skarzysko kamienna herb.svg|20px]] '''[[Skarżysko-Kamienna]]'''
| 41,793 || 64,39
| Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
|-
| 23.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Świdnik COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Świdnik]]'''
| 36,992 || 20
| Lublin Voivodeship
|-
| 24.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Oświęcim COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Oświęcim]]'''
| 36,048 || 30
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|-
| 25.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Chrzanów COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Chrzanów]]'''
| 34,387 || 38
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|-
| 26.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Nowy Targ COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Nowy Targ]]'''
| 33,103 || 26
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|-
| 27.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Miasto Jasło COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Jasło]]'''
| 33,100 || 37
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship
|-
| 28.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Olkusz COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Olkusz]]'''
| 32,670 || 26
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|-
| 29.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:POL Żywiec COA.svg|20px]] '''[[Żywiec]]'''
| 29,878 || 50
| Silesian Voivodeship
|-
| 30.
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Herb Bochni.svg|20px]] '''[[Bochnia]]'''
| 28,692 || 30
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship
|}* Only part in Lesser Poland; ** Historically part of Lesser Poland, since the creation of the [[Podlaskie Voivodeship (1816–1837)|Podlaskie Voivodeship]] in 1816 the area is often referred to as Southern Podlachia.

In the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]] and [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], several other locations used to be important urban centers of Lesser Poland, but in the course of the time, their significance declined. The main example is [[Sandomierz]], which for hundreds of years was one of the most important cities of Poland,<ref>[http://www.staypoland.com/about_sandomierz.htm StayPoland page on Sandomierz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326090000/http://www.staypoland.com/about_sandomierz.htm |date=26 March 2016 }}"At one time it played a role of great importance in the life of the country, but nowadays it is simply a rural town of great beauty"</ref> but now is a town of 25,000. Other examples of historically important places, which are now little towns or villages are:
* [[Biecz]], a town of 5,000, once the seat of a [[Biecz County|county]], incorporated in 1257,
* [[Chęciny]], a village now, once the seat of a [[Chęciny County|county]], with a royal castle,
* [[Czchów]], a town of 2,000, incorporated before 1333, once the seat of a county,
* [[Goraj, Lublin Voivodeship|Goraj]], a village now, which used to be one of urban centers of Lublin Voivodeship,
* [[Iłża]], a town of 5,000, incorporated before 1294, with a royal castle,
* [[Kazimierz Dolny]], which enjoyed its greatest prosperity in the 16th and the first half of the 17th century,
* [[Koprzywnica]], a village now, a town in 1268–1869,
* [[Książ Wielki]], a town in 1385–1875, once the seat of a [[Książ County|county]],
* [[Lelów]], a village now, which used to be the seat of a [[Lelów County|county]]. Incorporated in 1314, with a royal castle,
* [[Nowy Korczyn|Nowe Miasto Korczyn]], a town in 1258–1869, with a royal castle, where general [[sejmik]]s of Lesser Poland took place,
* [[Opatów]], a town of 7,000, incorporated in 1282, once the seat of [[sejmik]]s,
* [[Parczew]], now a town of 10,000, once a major urban center of northeast Lesser Poland,
* [[Pilzno]], now a town of 4,000, once the seat of a [[Pilzno County|county]],
* [[Sieciechów, Masovian Voivodeship|Sieciechów]], a village now, once an important town, incorporated in 1232,
* [[Stężyca, Lublin Voivodeship|Stężyca]], a village now. Once the seat of a [[Stężyca Land|county]], which used to be a town in 1330–1869,
* [[Szczyrzyc]], a village now, which used to be the seat of a [[Szczyrzyc County|county]],
* [[Szydłowiec]], a town of 12,000, with a royal castle, which in the Renaissance period was an important urban center of northern Lesser Poland,
* [[Szydłów]], a village now, which used to be a major urban center of [[Sandomierz Voivodeship]],
* [[Urzędów]], a village now, which in 1405–1869 used to be a town and the seat of a [[Urzędów County|county]],
* [[Wiślica]], a village now, which was probably the capital of the [[Vistulans]], and the seat of a [[Wiślica County|county]],
* [[Wojnicz]], now a town of 3,500, incorporated in 1278, used to be the seat of a county,
* [[Zawichost]], a town of 2,000, once a royal town with a castle, incorporated before 1255.

<gallery mode="packed">
File:BIECZ zabudowa, fot. P. Knaś MIK 2005 (39) (29849609552).jpg|[[Biecz]]
File:JKruk CHECINY OD POLNOCY IMG 9956.jpg|[[Chęciny]]
File:Kazimierz Dolny 20150518 6333.jpg|[[Kazimierz Dolny]]
File:Sandomierz z lotu ptaka.jpg|[[Sandomierz]]
</gallery>