Encyklopedia Administracji Publicznej MW Pivot Skin

MODELS OF MUNICIPALITY – Polish legislation in the period of the Second Republic of Poland distinguished two types of municipalities – rural and urban. In the system of local government established after 1989, the basic unit of local government is the mun., without legal distinction of its kind – for example regarding the possession of urban rights. However, three basic models of the mun. – rural, urban and metropolitan – are distinguished in the modern local government structure. Apart from social, economic and cultural factors, the basis of this division is the systemic premise – the name of the executive body. In the rural mun., where the seat of the local government is located in a town without the rights of a city, the executive body is the village mayor. In the case of an urban mun., where the seat of local government is located in a town with the rights of a city, the mayor is the executive body. According to the legal regulations, a specific model of the urban municipality are cities with over 100 thousand residents (the so-called big cities) – the executive body is the president of the city (→ municipality) [ J. Wojnicki ].