Editing Łódź (section)

==International relations==
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Łódź is home to fourteen foreign consulates, i.e. honorary consulates general of [[Hungary]] and [[Turkey]], and honorary consulates of [[Albania]], [[Armenia]], [[Austria]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Malta]], [[Moldova]] and [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/dyplomacja/misje-dyplomatyczne-urzedy-konsularne-i-organizacje-miedzynarodowe-w-polsce|title=Misje dyplomatyczne, urzędy konsularne i organizacje międzynarodowe w Polsce|website=Portal Gov.pl|language=pl|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>

===Twin towns – sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}
Łódź is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Miasta Partnerskie|url=https://bip.uml.lodz.pl/miasto/miasta-partnerskie/|publisher=Biuletyn informacji publicznej Łódź|language=pl|access-date=2024-01-08|archive-date=5 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805135958/https://bip.uml.lodz.pl/miasto/miasta-partnerskie/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Chemnitz]], Germany <small>(since 1972)</small>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Stuttgart]], Germany <small>(since 1988)</small>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lyon]], France <small>(since 1991)</small>
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vilnius]], Lithuania <small>(since 1991)</small>
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Odesa]], Ukraine <small>(since 1993)</small>
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tianjin]], China <small>(since 1993)</small>
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Tel Aviv]], Israel <small>(since 1994)</small>
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Rustavi]], Georgia <small>(since 1995)</small>
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Barreiro (city)|Barreiro]], Portugal <small>(since 1996)</small>
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tampere]], Finland <small>(since 1996)</small>
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Puebla (city)|Puebla]], Mexico <small>(since 1996)</small>
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Murcia]], Spain <small>(since 1999)</small>
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lviv]], Ukraine <small>(since 2003)</small>
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Szeged]], Hungary <small>(since 2008)</small>
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guangzhou]], China <small>(since 2014)</small>
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Chengdu]], China <small>(since 2015)</small>
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Łódź belongs also to the [[Eurocities]] network.

After the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Łódź terminated the partnership with Russian cities [[Ivanovo]] and [[Kaliningrad]], and with [[Minsk]], the capital of [[Belarus]] on 2 March 2022.<ref>{{citation| url=https://uml.lodz.pl/aktualnosci/artykul/podsumowanie-lvi-nadzwyczajnej-sesji-rady-miejskiej-w-lodzi-id48031/2022/3/2/| title=Podsumowanie LVI nadzwyczajnej sesji Rady Miejskiej w Łodzi| trans-title=Summary of the 56. extraordinary session of the Łódź City Council| author=Dorota Adamska, City Council Office| website=Urząd Miasta Łodzi, uml.lodz.pl| language=pl| date=2022-03-02| access-date=2 March 2022| archive-date=2 March 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302120501/https://uml.lodz.pl/aktualnosci/artykul/podsumowanie-lvi-nadzwyczajnej-sesji-rady-miejskiej-w-lodzi-id48031/2022/3/2/| url-status=live}}</ref>