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Legnica (archaic Polish: Lignica, , , ) is a town in southwestern Poland, in Silesia, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county. Since 1992 the city has been the seat of the Diocese of Legnica.
Legnica is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It elects twelve members of the Sejm and three members of the Senate.
The district has the number '1' and is named after the city of Legnica. It includes the counties of Bolesławiec, Głogów County, Jawor, Jelenia Góra, Kamienna Góra, Legnica, Lubań, Lubin, Lwówek Śląski, Polkowice, Zgorzelec, and Złotoryja, and the city counties of Jelenia Góra and Legnica.
In its current form was created in 2001.