Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Pomeranian Voivodeship
Województwo pomorskie
—  Voivodeship  —
Image:POL województwo pomorskie flag.svg
Flag		 Image:POL województwo pomorskie COA.svg
Coat of arms
Image:Pomorskie (EE,E NN,N).png
Location within Poland
Coordinates (Gdańsk): 54°22′N 18°38′E / 54.367, 18.633
Country Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Capital Gdańsk
Counties
4 cities, 16 land counties *
Area
 - Total 18,293 km² (7,063 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 2,201,069
 - Density 120.3/km² (311.6/sq mi)
 - Urban 1,478,802
 - Rural 722,267
Car plates G
* further divided into 123 gminas
Website: http://www.woj-pomorskie.pl
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Logo of Pomeranian Voivodeship
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Sea port in Gdańsk
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The Sea Towers in Gdynia will be the tallest building (138 m) in Poland outside Warsaw

Pomeranian Voivodeship (also "Pomerania Province" — Polish: województwo pomorskie) is a voivodeship, or province, in northern Poland, within the eastern part of the historic region of Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze). Its capital city is Gdańsk.

Pomeranian Voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. It is bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to the south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia, on the Vistula Spit.

Gdańsk, the regional capital, forms part of the Tricity of Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia. The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations include Sopot, Jurata, Łeba, Władysławowo, Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Rozewie, Kuźnica, and many fishing ports and lighthouses.

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[edit] Cities and towns

The voivodeship contains 42 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 [1]):

1. Gdańsk (457,630)
2. Gdynia (252,443)
3. Słupsk (98,402)
4. Tczew (60,263)
5. Starogard Gdański (48,136)
6. Wejherowo (45,170)
7. Rumia (44,497)
8. Sopot (39,836)
9. Chojnice (39,716)
10. Malbork (38,478)
11. Kwidzyn (37,814)
12. Lębork (35,069)
13. Pruszcz Gdański (23,986)
14. Kościerzyna (23,016)
15. Reda (18,509)
16. Bytów (16,715)
17. Ustka (16,227)
18. Kartuzy (15,263)
19. Władysławowo (14,892)
20. Człuchów (14,597)
21. Puck (11,329)

22. Miastko (10,987)
23. Nowy Dwór Gdański (9,948)
24. Sztum (9,945)
25. Czersk (9,463)
26. Prabuty (8,488)
27. Pelplin (8,486)
28. Skarszewy (6,824)
29. Gniew (6,787)
30. Żukowo (6,302)
31. Czarne (5,917)
32. Dzierzgoń (5,630)
33. Debrzno (5,359)
34. Brusy (4,582)
35. Nowy Staw (4,447)
36. Jastarnia (4,033)
37. Hel (3,898)
38. Kępice (3,829)
39. Łeba (3,824)
40. Skórcz (3,512)
41. Czarna Woda (3,182)
42. Krynica Morska (1,371)

[edit] Counties, administrative division


Coat
of arms 		County Polish name Capital Area
sq km 		Population Population
density
inhab. per sq km 		Urban
population
Land counties - powiaty ziemskie
Image:POL powiat bytowski COA.svg Bytów powiat bytowski Bytów 2 193 76 289 34.8 27 994
Image:POL powiat chojnicki COA.svg Chojnice powiat chojnicki Chojnice 1 364 92 151 67.6 54 068
Image:POL powiat człuchowski COA.svg Człuchów powiat człuchowski Człuchów 1 574 57 534 36.6 25 962
Image:Powiat Kartuski COA.gif Kartuzy powiat kartuski Kartuzy 1 120 108 381 96.8 21 516
Image:POL powiat kościerski COA.svg Kościerzyna powiat kościerski Kościerzyna 1 166 66 940 57.4 23 015
Image:POL powiat kwidzyński COA.svg Kwidzyn powiat kwidzyński Kwidzyn 835 81 078 97.1 46 330
Lębork powiat lęborski Lębork 707 63 998 90.5 39 127
Image:POL powiat malborski COA.svg Malbork powiat malborski Malbork 494 63 332 128.2 43 025
Nowy Dwór Gdański powiat nowodworski Nowy Dwór Gdański 653 35 793 54.8 11 285
Image:POL powiat gdański COA.svg Pruszcz Gdański powiat gdański Pruszcz Gdański 793 84 091 106.0 23 490
Image:POL Coa powiat pucki.svg Puck powiat pucki Puck 578 73 844 127.8 34 234
Słupsk powiat słupski Słupsk 2 304 92 846 40.3 20 327
Starogard Gdański powiat starogardzki Starogard Gdański 1 345 121 878 90.6 61 899
Sztum powiat sztumski Sztum 731 42 341 57.9 15 718
Tczew powiat tczewski Tczew 698 112 546 161.2 75 244
Image:POL powiat wejherowski COA.svg Wejherowo powiat wejherowski Wejherowo 1 280 179 552 140.3 106 455
City counties - powiaty grodzkie
Image:POL Gdańsk COA.svg Gdańsk powiat Gdańsk Gdańsk 262 452 478 1272.0 452 478
Image:POL Gdynia COA.svg Gdynia powiat Gdynia Gdynia 136 251 785 1851.4 251 785
Image:POL Słupsk COA 1.svg Słupsk powiat Słupsk Słupsk 43 98 421 2288.9 98 421
Image:POL Sopot COA.svg Sopot powiat Sopot Sopot 17 39 750 2338.2 39 750
Source: Regional Data Bank, data as of 31st December 2005

[edit] Economy

[edit] Major corporations

Corporation name
Further information 		Location Kind of activity
Energa Gdańsk Power Generator [2] Gdańsk energy supplies
Ergo Hestia [3] Sopot insurance
Gdańsk Repair Yard [4] Gdańsk repair shipyard
Gdynia Stocznia [5] Gdynia shipyard
GE Capital Bank[6] Gdańsk banking
Grupa LOTOS [7] Gdańsk petroleum products
Intel Technology Poland [8] Gdańsk hardware
International Paper Kwidzyn [9] Kwidzyn paper products
Lubiana [10] Łubiana near Kościerzyna china-ware manufacturer
Philips Consumer Electronics Kwidzyn electronics
Polpharma [11] Starogard Gdański medicines
Prokom Software [12] Gdynia software
Destylarnia Sobieski [13] Starogard Gdański distillery
Elnord [14] Gdańsk energy supplies
LPP [15] Gdańsk designing and distributing clothes
Source: [16]

[edit] Unemployment

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[edit] Transport

[edit] Education

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Main building of Gdańsk University in Gdańsk-Przymorze

[edit] Higher education

Name Location Students
in thousnads
total of which
women
Total - 97.9 55.3
Uniwersytet Gdański
(Gdańsk University) 		Tricity 29.3 19.4
Politechnika Gdańska
(Gdańsk University of Technology) 		Gdańsk 17.6 5.9
Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku
(Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk) 		Słupsk 8.1 6.0
Akademia Medyczna w Gdańsku
(Medical University of Gdańsk) 		Gdańsk 4.2 3.1
Akademia Wychowanie Fizycznego i Sportu w Gdańsku
(Sports Academy in Gdańsk) 		Gdańsk 4.1 1.9
Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku
(Arts Academy in Gdańsk) 		Gdańsk 0.9 0.7
Akademia Marynarki Wojennej im. Bohaterów Westerplatte
(Polish Naval Academy) 		Gdynia . .
Akademia Morska w Gdyni
(Gdynia Maritime University) 		Gdynia . .
Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne
(Gdańsk Seminary) 		Gdańsk . .
Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku
(The Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk) 		Gdańsk . .
Data as of 31 November 2005, source http://www.stat.gov.pl

[edit] Protected areas in Pomeranian Voivodeship

National parks

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Dunes in Słowiński National Park

Landscape parks

  • Kaszubski Park Krajobrazowy
  • Nadmorski Park Krajobrazowy
  • Park Krajobrazowy Dolina Słupi
  • Park Krajobrazowy Mierzeja Wiślana
  • Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy
  • Wdzydzki Park Krajobrazowy
  • Zaborski Park Krajobrazowy

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

  1. Wiśniewski: 7,446
  2. Kamiński: 6,752
  3. Lewandowski: 6,687

[edit] Previous Pomeranian Voivodeships

[edit] Pomeranian Voivodeship (1294-1308)

Pomeranian Voivodeship was a province of the Kingdom of Poland. After the extinction of the local dukes in 1294, the province fell to Przemysł II of Poland.

[edit] Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466-1772)

For more details on this topic, see Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466-1772).
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Map showing voivodeships of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

This was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1454/1466 until the partitions in 1772/1795. Together with the Chełmno Voivodeship and Malbork Voivodeship it formed the historical province of Royal Prussia. The capital was at Gdańsk. It was renamed to the Prussian province of West Prussia (1772-1919).

Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:

Regional council (sejmik generalny)

Regional councils (sejmik poselski i deputacki)

Administrative divisions:

Image:Pomeranian Voivodship 1938.png
Pomeranian Voivodeship 1919-1939

[edit] Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919-1939)

For more details on this topic, see Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919-1939).

This was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (II Rzeczpospolita) established in 1919 after World War I from the majority of the Prussian province of West Prussia which fell to Poland. Toruń was the capital. In 1938-39 the voivodeship extended to the south at the expense of Poznań Voivodeship and Warsaw Voivodeship, and was called Great Pomerania afterwards (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938).

During WWII it was occupied by Nazi Germany and annexed as Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen "(Reich province of Gdańsk-West Prussia)." In 1945 it was returned to Poland and superseded by Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz voivodeships. In the years 1975-98 it was reorganized into the voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg, Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek.

[edit] Pomeranian Voivodeship (1945-1950)

This was a unit of administration and local government in Poland established in 1945 from most of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodeship, later renamed Bydgoszcz Voivodeship.

Capital city: Bydgoszcz

List of counties in 1946
English county name, Polish county name, capital city

[edit] External links


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Counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties: Gdańsk (capital) • Gdynia • Słupsk • Sopot

Land counties: Bytów • Chojnice • Człuchów • Gdańsk • Kartuzy • Kościerzyna • Kwidzyn • Lębork • Malbork • Nowy Dwór Gdański • Puck • Słupsk • Starogard • Sztum • Tczew • Wejherowo

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Coordinates: 54°11′43″N, 18°00′59″Eaf:Pommere ca:Pomerània cs:Pomořské vojvodství da:Województwo pomorskie de:Woiwodschaft Pommern et:Pomorze vojevoodkond es:Pomerania (voivodato) eo:Pomerio (provinco de Pollando) eu:Pomerania fr:Voïvodie de Poméranie hsb:Pomorske wojewódstwo id:Provinsi Pomerania it:Voivodato di Pomerania jv:Provinsi Pomerania csb:Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò lt:Pamario vaivadija nl:Pommeren (woiwodschap) ja:ポモージェ県 no:Pommerske voivodskap pl:Województwo pomorskie pt:Voivodia da Pomerânia ro:Voievodatul Pomerania ru:Поморское воеводство sk:Pomoranské vojvodstvo sv:Pomorze uk:Поморське воєводство zh:濱海省

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