Osiedle

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'''{{Lang|pl|Osiedle}}''' ({{IPA|pl|ɔˈɕɛdlɛ|-|pl-osiedle.ogg}}; plural: {{Lang|pl|osiedla}}) is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its {{Lang|pl|dzielnica}}, or of a town, with its own council and executive. Like the {{Lang|pl|dzielnica}} and {{lang|pl|sołectwo}}, an {{Lang|pl|osiedle}} is an auxiliary unit ({{lang|pl|jednostka pomocnicza}}) of a gmina. These units are created by decision of the gmina council, and do not have legal personality in their own right. In the case of an urban-rural gmina, it is also possible for a whole town to be designated an auxiliary unit.

Not all Polish cities or towns have {{Lang|pl|osiedla}} in the above sense. However the word {{Lang|pl|osiedle}} is also frequently used to denote any housing estate or development.

==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005184221/http://www.lipsko.bip.info.pl/dokument_druk.php?iddok=79&idmp=1&r=r Polish Act of 8 March 1990 on gmina self-government, as amended] (in Polish)

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