Łódź

city in Łódź Voivodeship in central Poland
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Summary

Łódź is a big city[1]. Łódź draws 23,507 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #58 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Order of the Builders of People's Poland[3]
  • Member of: Creative Cities Network[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Łódź Voivodeship[5]
  • Country: Poland[6]
  • Head of government: Hanna Zdanowska[7]
  • Continent: Europe[8]
  • Instance of: city with powiat rights in Poland[9], city[10]
  • Shares border with: Zgierz County[11], Łódź East County[12], Pabianice County[13]
  • Flag: flag of Łódź[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Vilnius[15], Chemnitz[16], Stuttgart[17], Lyon[18], Odesa[19], Tel Aviv[20], Tianjin[21], Rustavi[22], Barreiro[23], Tampere[24], Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza[25], Murcia[26], Örebro Municipality[27], Lviv[28]
  • Coat of arms: Łódź coat of arms[29]
  • Postal code: 90-001–94-413[30]
  • Commons category: Łódź[31]
  • Licence plate code: EL • ED[32]
  • Said to be the same as: Łódź[33]
  • Local dialing code: 42[34]
  • Inception: July 29, 1423[35]
  • Official website: https://uml.lodz.pl/[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Łódź[37]
  • Commons gallery: Łódź[38]
  • Population: 655,279[39], 670,642[40], 690,422[41], 715,360[42], 718,960[43], 737,098[44], 767,628[45], 793,217[46], 428[47], 4343[48], 100,000[49], 314,020[50], 600,000[51], 452,000[52]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Łódź include Łódź Voivodeship[53], a voivodeship of Poland[54], in Poland[55], founded in 1999[56]; Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport[57], an airport[58], in Poland[59], founded in 1925[60]; City of Łódź Award[61], an award[62], in Poland[63], founded in 1927[64]; and Lodzia-rotex Investment Ltd.[65], a public company[66], in Israel[67], founded in 1924[68].

Why It Matters

Łódź has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] Łódź is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]

Entities named for Łódź include Łódź Voivodeship[53], a voivodeship of Poland[54], in Poland[55], founded in 1999[56]; Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport[57], an airport[58], in Poland[59], founded in 1925[60]; City of Łódź Award[61], an award[62], in Poland[63], founded in 1927[64]; and Lodzia-rotex Investment Ltd.[65], a public company[66], in Israel[67], founded in 1924[68].

FAQs

What awards did Łódź receive?

Honors received include Order of the Builders of People's Poland[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . Statistics Poland. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . demografia.stat.gov.pl. demografia.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [69] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [70] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Yivo encyclopedia of jews in eastern europe id → Łódź, Łodz
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Yivo encyclopedia of jews in eastern europe id: Łodz, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787398435544"
  2. 13w ago · Henry Merrivale · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Yivo encyclopedia of jews in eastern europe id → Łódź, Łodz
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Yivo encyclopedia of jews in eastern europe id: 472"
  3. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 89952
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 89952, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  4. 16w ago · Obscuraa · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary"
  5. 17w ago · Czupirek · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Terc municipality code → 1061011, 1061
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Terc municipality code: 1061, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/140003663|Łódź (#140003663)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5373|TERC municipality code]] #"
  6. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-7oV2-wFbQ-RHVn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-7oV2-wFbQ-RHVn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250725717|Łódź (#250725717)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topic]] #"
  7. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 234562, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  8. 24w ago · İmmortalance · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Capital of → Łódź Voivodeship, General Government, Łódź East County +4
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Located in time zone: UTC+02:00, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257271|batch #257271]]"
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