Tricity
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| Tricity Trójmiasto |
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| Sea Towers building (artist rendering) | |
| Map of the Tricity area | |
| Map of the Tricity area | |
| Coordinates: | |
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| Government | |
| - Mayor of Gdańsk | Paweł Adamowicz |
| - Mayor of Sopot | Jacek Karnowski |
| - Mayor of Gdynia | Wojciech Szczurek |
| Area | |
| - Total | 414.81 km² (160.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Total | 1,098,379 |
| - Density | 317/km² (821/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | +48 058 |
| Car Plates | GA, GD, GSP |
| Website: www.trojmiasto.pl | |
Tricity (or Tri-City, also called Treble City, in Polish Trójmiasto) is an urban area consisting of three Polish cities: Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated adjacent to one other, in a row, on the coast of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, in Eastern Pomerania (Pomeranian Voivodeship), northern Poland. The Tricity metropolitan area has a population of over 1 million people. The name Trójmiasto was used informally or semi-formally only, until 28 March 2007, when "Tricity Card" (in Polish "Karta Trójmiasta") was signed as a declaration of cities' cooperation.
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[edit] Welfare
Nearly 35% taxpayers from Tricity are in the middle and high taxable income groups (average for Poland 10%). Approximately 12% of Tricity taxpayers are in highest taxable income group (Polish average 3%).
[edit] Population
The total population of the 3 cities comprising Tricity (Gdańsk + Gdynia + Sopot):
- 1960: 481,100 inhabitants (286,900 + 150,200 + 44,000)
- 1970: 604,800 inhabitants (365,600 + 191,500 + 47,700)
- 1975: 693,800 inhabitants (421,000 + 221,100 + 51,700)
- 1980: 744,400 inhabitants (456,700 + 236,400 + 51,300)
- 2004: 754,960 inhabitants (460,524 + 253,650 + 40,785)
The Tricity metropolitan area also includes Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia, Pruszcz Gdański and several other communities. The total population in 2004 was 1,041,066, in an area of 1332.5 km². (Compare: in 2001 1,035,000, so the annual increase was 0.20%).
The Tricity continuous urban area includes following cities:
| city | area 1996 km² | area 1999-2006 km² | 1996 | 1999 | 2003 |
| Gdańsk | 262.03 | 262.03 | 462,336 | 457,937 | 461,011 |
| Gdynia | 135.49 | 135.49 | 251,932 | 255,014 | 253,500 |
| Sopot | 17.31 | 17.31 | 43,360 | 42,333 | 41,017 |
| Pruszcz Gdański | 16.47 | 16.47 | 21,470 | 21,757 | 23,187 |
| Rumia | 32,86 | 32,86 | ? | 40 200 | 43 000 |
| Reda | 26.39 | 29.45 | 15,422 | 17,510 | 17,868 |
| Wejherowo | 25.65 | 25.65 | 47,357 | 47,038 | 46,900 |
| Total | 513.42 | 516.48 | 882,871 | 884,080 | 885,240 |
(average growth 1996-2003 0.05%)
According to official EU publication [1] the population of Larger Urban Zone of Tricity is 1 098 379.
[edit] Education
The Tricity is an important center of education.
- Gdańsk: Number of universities: 14 (2001) Number of students: 60,436 (2001) Number of graduates: 10,439 (2001)
- Gdynia: Number of universities: 7 (2003) Number of students: 13,362
[edit] Transport
Tricity has a well-developed common transport system, in addition each city has its own. Here is described only the common part of the system.
Development of the Tricity was smoothed by the construction of the city train (SKM) 1951, binding the whole area from Tczew by Gdańsk, Sopot 1953, Gdynia 1956, Reda, Rumia to Wejherowo 1957.
The backbone of the Tricity is the inner highway. It starts in Gdańsk and goes through Sopot, Gdynia, Rumia and Reda to Wejherowo. It consists of 2-4 lanes in each direction.
In 1975 the dual carriageway Tricity Beltway (Obwodnica Trójmiejska) was constructed. It starts in the vicinity of Pruszcz Gdański and goes through the western districts of Gdańsk to Gdynia-Chylonia.
There is plan to build new line of Szybka Kolej Miejska to connect Baltic Arena with Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport. The line should be ready for 2012 Euro games.
[edit] References
- ^ "Urban Audit", European Commission, 2006.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Gdańsk Transport system
- SKM train map of connections
- Map and Guide to aglomeration
- Map of population density in the urban area
- Portal o Gdyni (pl)
- Portal o Trójmieście (pl)
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