Gromada

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Gromada [ɡrɔˈmada] is a Polish word meaning 'gathering', 'group', or 'assembly'. In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the term referred to a village organization which embraced all the inhabitants of a village and acted as a local authority, as well as overseeing tax payments. In this sense, the gromada developed between the 16th and 18th centuries, and continued to function in Congress Poland. Their chiefs took the title of sołtys and were elected by the local population.^[1]

The gromada continued to function in interwar Poland, as a subdivision of a gmina.^[1]

In the Polish People's Republic, between 1954 and 1972, gromada constituted the lowest tier of local government, taking over the role previously played by gminas. A gromada would generally consist of several villages, but they were smaller units than the gminas had been.^[1] Examples include Gromada Osiek, Gromada Tursko Wielkie.

In 1973, gminas were reintroduced and gromada abolished.^{[citation needed]} At present, the smallest unit of local government in rural Poland (subordinate to the gmina) is the sołectwo.

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1 2 3 Roczniak, Władysław (2004). "The Polish "gromada" peasant collectives in the era of re-feudalization". The Polish Review. 49 (4). University of Illinois Press: 1083–1101.

v t e Polish terms for administrative divisions
Current	Regional: voivodeship Subregional powiat Local gmina Auxiliary: dzielnica osiedle sołectwo
Historical	cyrkuł departament dystrykt gromada gubernia kasztelania jurydyka księstwo księstwo biskupie namiestnictwo obwód okręg opole prowincja rejencja rejon starostwo ziemia żupa
See also	Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

v t e Slavic-language terms for administrative divisions
Current	dzielnica gmina hromada krai kraj krajina / pokrajina městys mjesna zajednica obec oblast / oblast' / oblasti / oblys / obwód / voblasts' okręg okres okrug okruha opština / općina / občina / obshtina osiedle powiat raion selsoviet sołectwo starosta okruh voivodeship / vojvodina županija
Historical	darugha gromada guberniya / gubernia jurydyka khutor obshchina okolia opole pogost povit prowincja sorok srez starostwo / starostva uezd volost ziemia / zemlja župa uchastok

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