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The paper presents an analysis of factors behind the change of arable land area which took place between two agricultural censuses in 2002 and 2010. The results of the study show a steady decrease in this area, caused by phenomena associated with industrialisation. Every year there was a decline by 42,000 up to 62,000 of arable land. Statistical research showed that in 2010 the amount of land set aside reached the level of 0.5 m ha. In comparison with the shrinking of arable land, the process of its recovery was sluggish.