2011 in Poland

Events during the year 2011 in Poland.

Incumbents

Bold indicates government parties.

1 January - Five localities received town rights: Czyżew, Gościno, Nowe Brzesko, Pruchnik, and Wolbórz. For four it was a restoration of a previously lost town status.
9 January - The nineteenth finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.
10 January - A test HD version of TVP1 is launched, named TVP1 HD.
31 January - President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski signed a law introducing a 35 percent quota for electoral lists.

1 March - The first time Poland celebrated a new national holiday: National Day of Remembrance "Soldiers accursed".
25 March - The Polish Sejm adopted a government proposal declining pension contributions transferred to open pension funds.

1 April - Start of the Polish Census 2011.
21 April - Skra Bełchatów won their seventh Polish Volleyball Championship defeating ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in the finals.
29 April - The court annulled the Walbrzych presidential election.

17 May - Sejm investigative committee for Christopher Olewnik adopted a report on its work.
23 May - Asseco Prokom Gdynia won their eighth Polish Basketball Championship defeating Turów Zgorzelec in the finals.

1 August - "The Law of 5 January 2011 - Election Code" comes into force.
4 August - The Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski, officially announces the Parliamentary election date, set for 5 October 2011.
12 August - Four people have been killed and 30 people injured after a train derailed between Warsaw and Katowice in Poland.
18 August - The Gdynia District Court acquitted Adam Darski, the leader of death metal band Behemoth, accused of insulting religious feelings.

3 September - Opening of the Polish National Stadium
8–9 September - Tenth Jubilee International Ignatius Reimann Festival in Krosnowice.

3 April:
* Marian Pankowski, Polish writer
* Andrzej Butruk, Polish actor, lector, satirist
16 April:
* Henryk Zomerski, Polish bass guitarist
* Tadeusz Pawlusiak, Polish ski jumper
18 April - Andrzej Piszczatowski, Polish actor
20 April - Halina Skibniewska, Polish architect, politician, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
25 April - Ryszard Nawrocki, Polish actor
27 April - Zdzisław Rutecki, Polish speedway, speedway sports coach
29 April - Waldemar Baszanowski, Polish weightlifter, World and European champion, Olympic champion

12 May - Piotr Żyżelewicz, Polish drummer, member of the teams: Armia, Izrael, Voo Voo and 2Tm2, 3
15 May - Krystyna Dmochowska, Polish actor
17 May - Ewa Szumańska, Polish writer, reporter, satirist
18 May - Włada Majewska, Polish radio journalist, actress, singer
25 May:
* Edward Żentara, Polish actor
* Marek Nawara, Polish politician
27 May:
* Małgorzata Dydek, Polish basketball player
* Jacek Puchała, Polish surgeon
29 May - Krystyna Skuszanka, Polish theatre director and principal of theatres

5 August - Andrzej Lepper, Polish unionist, politician, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture
6 August - Roman Opałka, Polish painter and graphic artist
13 August - Jerzy Masztaler, Polish football coach
19 August - Janusz Kierzkowski, Polish track cyclist
21 August - Maria Kornatowska, Polish film critic, essayist, lecturer at the Łódź Film School
22 August - Andrzej Urbanowicz, Polish painter and visual artist