Editing County (section)

===Poland===
{{main|List of counties in Poland|Powiat|Administrative divisions of Poland}}
[[File:POLSKA mapa powiaty2.png|thumb|upright=0.5|''Powiaty'' in Poland]]

The territorial administration of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The country is divided into [[Voivodeships of Poland|''voivodeships'']] (provinces); these are further divided into ''[[powiat]]s''. The term ''powiat'' is often translated into English as ''county'' (or sometimes ''district''). In historical contexts this may be confusing because the Polish term ''hrabstwo'' (a territorial unit administered/owned by a ''hrabia'', [[count]]) is also literally translated as "county" and it was subordinated under ''powiat''.

The 380 county-level entities in Poland include 314 "land counties" (powiaty ziemskie) and the 66 "city counties" (''miasta na prawach powiatu'' or ''powiaty grodzkie'') {{lang|pl|[[powiat]]}}. They are subdivisions of the 16 [[voivodeship (Poland)|''voivodeship'']], and are further subdivided into 2,479 [[gmina]]s (also called commune or [[municipality]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=ideo.pl|first=ideo-|date=2019-04-27|title=Gminy wiejskie chcą lepszej ochrony swych granic|url=https://www.prawo.pl/samorzad/gminy-wiejskie-chca-lepszej-ochrony-swych-granic,402541.html|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Prawo.pl|language=pl}}</ref><ref name=GUS>{{cite web|url=https://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/en/defaultaktualnosci/3286/3/23/1/population_size_and_structure_and_vital_statistics_in_poland_31-12-2017.pdf|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/en/defaultaktualnosci/3286/3/23/1/population_size_and_structure_and_vital_statistics_in_poland_31-12-2017.pdf|archive-date=2022-10-09|url-status=live|title=Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2017. As of December, 31|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Central Statistical Office)|access-date=18 August 2021|language=pl}}</ref>