Wilno County, Wilno Land
| Wilno County | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Central Lithuania and Wilno Land | |||||||||||
| 1920–1921 (de facto) 1920–1923/1924 (de jure) | |||||||||||
 Location within Wilno Land | |||||||||||
| Capital | Vilnius | ||||||||||
| • Type | County | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Formation of Republic of Central Lithuania | 13 December 1920 | ||||||||||
• Informal unification with Troki County | 1921 | ||||||||||
• Formal transformation into Wilno-Troki County | 1923/1924 | ||||||||||
| Contained within | |||||||||||
| • Country |  Central Lithuania (de facto 1920–1921, de jure 1920–1922) Second Polish Republic (de jure 1922–1923/1924) | ||||||||||
| • District | Wilno Land (de jure 1922–1923/1924) | ||||||||||
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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[edit]
Urban municipalities[edit]
- Vilnius (1920–1921)
- Nowa Wilejka
Rural municipalities[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Polish: Powiat wileński; Lithuanian: Vilniaus apskritis.
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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.