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Private towns[a] in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were privately owned towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights and princes, among others.

BERJAYA
Zamość in the 17th century

Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, Rzeszów, Puławy, Tarnów, Siedlce, Biała Podlaska, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Uman. Magnate palaces and castles can be often found in former private magnate towns. Examples include the Branicki Palace in Białystok; the Czartoryski Palace in Puławy; the Zamoyski Palace in Zamość; the Lubomirski Castle in Rzeszów; the Radziwiłł Palace in Biała Podlaska; the Ogiński Palace in Siedlce; the Potocki Palaces in Międzyrzec Podlaski, Tulchyn and Vysokaye; the Wiśniowiecki Palace in Vyshnivets; and the Zbaraski Castle in Zbarazh.

Also various other landmarks were often founded by the owners, including town halls, churches, monasteries, schools and theatres, some rather unique, like the Mannerist Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park and Baroque fortified Berdychiv Carmelite Monastery.

Some of the most known former private bishop towns include Łódź, Kielce, Łowicz, Pabianice and Skierniewice.

List of private towns

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City Population
(2015)[1][2]		 Former owners Country Administrative division
1. Białystok 295,282 House of Branicki (Gryf) BERJAYA Poland Podlaskie Voivodeship
2. Poltava (Połtawa) 294,962 House of Wiśniowiecki,
House of Koniecpolski		 BERJAYA Ukraine Poltava Oblast
3. Rivne (Równe) 249,639 House of Ostrogski,
House of Lubomirski		 BERJAYA Ukraine Rivne Oblast
4. Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanisławów) 228,575 House of Potocki BERJAYA Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
5. Ternopil (Tarnopol) 217,773 House of Tarnowski,
House of Ostrogski,
House of Zamoyski		 BERJAYA Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
6. Rzeszów 183,108 House of Lubomirski BERJAYA Poland Podkarpackie Voivodeship
7. Tarnów 112,120 House of Tarnowski BERJAYA Poland Lesser Poland Voivodeship
8. Maladzyechna (Mołodeczno) 94,686 House of Sapieha,
House of Gosiewski,
House of Ogiński		 BERJAYA Belarus Minsk Region
9. Uman (Humań) 86,451 House of Potocki BERJAYA Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast
10. Berdychiv (Berdyczów) 77,788 House of Tyszkiewicz,
House of Zawisza,
House of Radziwiłł		 BERJAYA Ukraine Zhytomyr Oblast
11. Siedlce 76,347 House of Ogiński BERJAYA Poland Masovian Voivodeship
12. Zhlobin (Żłobin) 75,700 House of Chodkiewicz

Bona Sforza

 BERJAYA Belarus Gomel Region
13. Ostrów Wielkopolski 72,890 House of Przebendowski BERJAYA Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship
14. Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 72,277 House of Tarnowski BERJAYA Poland Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
15. Smila (Smiła) 68,618 House of Lubomirski BERJAYA Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast
16. Chervonohrad (Krystynopol) 67,863 House of Potocki BERJAYA Ukraine Lviv Oblast
17. Kalush (Kałusz) 67,631 House of Sieniawski BERJAYA Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
18. Zamość 65,255 House of Zamoyski BERJAYA Poland Lublin Voivodeship
19. Leszno 64,589 House of Leszczyński,[3]
House of Sułkowski		 BERJAYA Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship
20. Zhodzina (Żodzino) 63,722 House of Radziwiłł BERJAYA Belarus Minsk Region

Private clergy towns

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Former private clergy towns by population as of 2015:

City Population
(2015)		 Former owners Country
(2023)		 Administrative division (2023)
1. Łódź 711,332 Diocese of Kujawy[4] BERJAYA Poland Łódź Voivodeship
2. Kielce 199,870 Diocese of Kraków BERJAYA Poland Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
3. Olsztyn 174,675 Diocese of Warmia BERJAYA Poland Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
4. Włocławek 114,885 Diocese of Kujawy BERJAYA Poland Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
5. Suwałki 69,317 Camaldolese BERJAYA Poland Podlaskie Voivodeship
6. Pabianice 67,688 Diocese of Kraków[5] BERJAYA Poland Łódź Voivodeship
7. Skierniewice 48,634 Archdiocese of Gniezno BERJAYA Poland Łódź Voivodeship
8. Fastiv (Fastów) 47,869 Diocese of Kyiv BERJAYA Ukraine Kyiv Oblast
9. Marijampolė (Mariampol) 38,345 Marians BERJAYA Lithuania Marijampolė County
10. Czeladź 32,940 Diocese of Kraków BERJAYA Poland Silesian Voivodeship
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See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Belarusian: прыватныя гарады, Lithuanian: privatūs miestai, Polish: prywatne miasta, Ukrainian: приватні міста.

References

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  1. ↑ "Lista miast w Polsce (spis miast, mapa miast, liczba ludności, powierzchnia, wyszukiwarka)". Polska w liczbach.
  2. ↑ "zb_chnnu2016pdf ZIP file".
  3. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część II. Komentarz, indeksy (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 254.
  4. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część II. Komentarz, indeksy (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 67.
  5. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część II. Komentarz, indeksy (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 68.
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