Category TERRITORIAL DIVISION
Group ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION, SETTLEMENT
Subgroup Localities
Source of data Statistical Surveys Programme 2023
Domain
Statistical survey 9.99.02 National Official Register of the Territorial Division of the Country (TERYT)
Data sets
Periodicity of the survey
Authority responsible for the survey
Unit responsible for the survey
Contact person on methodology Urszula Matysek - Zdun, Statistics Poland - Standards and Registers Department, U.Matysek@stat.gov.pl
Last update 27/05/2024
  • Description dimensions
    • 1. Reporting moments
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    • 2. Localities types
      NameDescription
      Basic localities - villagesVillage: a settlement with concentrated or dispersed housing as well as existing agricultural functions or services associate with agriculture or tourism and not having town rights or the status of a town.
      Integral parts of basic localities - parts of villages, farmsteads, settlementsColony: a settlement unit that was created as a result of the expansion of a town beyond the area of previously existing buildings, in particular: a town colony, a village colony. Settlement: a small settlement unit in a rural area with a different (distinctive) character of buildings or inhabited by people related to a specific place or type of work, in particular: a mill settlement, a forest settlement, a fishing settlement, a railway settlement, a settlement after a former state farm; a settlement may be independent or it may be part of another settlement unit.
      Integral parts of basic localities - hamletsHamlet: a cluster of several farms located outside the village buildings, constituting an integral part of the village.
      statistical rural localitiesStatistical locality: A group of localities usually consisting of a village and adjacent hamlets or other smaller localities for which statistical data are collected and processed jointly. It is usually identified by the mutual name of the larger locality. In certain cases, this may consist solely of one locality.
  • Variable availability in years
    NameYears of accessibilityData accessibility levelDescription
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    as of middle of the year   -
    as of end of the year   -
  • Basic Concepts
    Locality
    Statistical locality
    Town
    Village