Summary:

The aim of this paper was to analyze the extent of checkerboard land in order to determine the priority ranking of areas intended for land consolidation works, in the municipality Sławno, in the Lodz region. A prerequisite to qualify the village for land consolidation, according to the Law of 26 March 1982 year by merging and exchange of land (Dz. U. z 2003r. Nr 178 pos. 1749 as amended), Is to collect more than 50% of signatures owners. On the other hand guiding principle for the qualification of the village to merge, within the framework of the program, the highest percentage of owners of acceding to this step. A common hurdle while collecting signatures from landowners, is that some of them live outside the village analyzed (land of non-resident owners plots).For picking areas for land consolidation works in the villages of the municipality Sławno, due to the size checkerboard land determined and calculated 9 factors characterizing each village. These factors were: x1 -% of land farms, X2 -% number of plots in the private sector, x3 - the number of inhabitants, x4 - the number of non-resident owners plots, x5 - the number of plots of non-resident owners plots, x6 - Ground area non -resident owners plots, x7 - the number is local residents, x8 - the number of plots that local residents, x9 - Ground area are local residents.