The Łódź Voivodeship is located in the central part of the country. It covers an area of 18,218.95 km². According to data from June 30, 2020, the voivodeship was inhabited by about 2.4 million people. It has the lowest forest cover in the country. The capital of the voivodeship is Łódź.
There are 46 cities in the Lodzkie Voivodship, including 3 cities with poviat status.
The total number of residential buildings in 2019 was 462,648. There were 1,032,240 apartments with a total area of 71,909,358 m2, 60% of which are located in cities. About 30% of the total number of flats was built in the years 1945-1970.
Due to the lignite resources, Bełchatów is home to the largest open-cast mine of this raw material in Europe. Although the voivodship considers a gradual decrease in the share of coal in electricity production, the Złoczew lignite deposit ensuring the maintenance of the Bełchatów power plant operation is still considered a prospective resource for this production in the Łódź voivodeship.