Sochaczew County (Polish: powiat sochaczewski) is a powiat (county) located about 50 km to the west of Warsaw, in Mazowsze Voivodship. The county seat is the town of Sochaczew. The population numbers 83,467 (2005). Its area is 731.02 km². A county (Polish: powiat, pronounced povyat; plural, powiaty) is the Polish third-level unit of administration, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (NUTS-4 or rather LAU-1) in other countries. ... Motto: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms) Semper invicta (Always invincible) Coordinates: Country Poland Voivodeship Masovia Powiat city county Gmina Warszawa Districts 18 boroughs City Rights turn of the 13th century Government - Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (PO) Area - City 516. ... Geographical characteristics Area 35,579 km² Land km² Water km² Population Total (2003) 5,136,000 Density 144. ... Sochaczew - a town in central Poland (52. ...
From 1807 Plock was the seat of the Governor of the Woiwoda (County) in the principality of Warsaw.
From 1815 Plock was the chief town of the Woiwoda (after 1837 of the province or Gubernia) of the Kingdom of Poland.With the restoration of Polish sovereignty in 1918 the town was designated the district capital.
The seat of the State Council of Jews was in Invoroclav, but the community of P held a respected place in it, and played a prominent part in the discussions on the distribution of the poll-tax among the communities, and other matters.
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