Władysławowo
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| Władysławowo | |||
| Harbour on Baltic Sea | |||
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian | ||
| Powiat | Puck County | ||
| Gmina | Władysławowo | ||
| Established | 12th century | ||
| City Rights | 1963 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Adam Józef Drzeżdżon | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 38.41 km² (14.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 12,893 | ||
| - Density | 384.8/km² (996.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 84-104 to 84-131 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 58 | ||
| Car Plates | GPU | ||
| Website: www.wladyslawowo.pl | |||
Władysławowo (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Wiôlgô Wies, German: Großendorf) is a town on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in the Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania region, northern Poland, with 14,801 (2005) inhabitants. Situated in the Puck County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975-1998), Władysławowo is a sea port and one of the most popular Polish seaside resorts.
The gmina (municipal commune) of Władysławowo consists of several districts: Władysławowo, Chałupy, Jastrzębia Góra, Rozewie, Karwia, Tupadły.
In 1634 engineer Fryderyk Getkant designed a fort called Władysławowo located on the Hel Peninsula, several km east of today's town of Władysławowo.
Władysławowo and Władysławowo Port are PKP railway stations in the town.
[edit] Population
- 1960: 3,900 inhabitants
- 1970: 7,900 inhabitants
- 1975: 9,200 inhabitants
- 1980: 10,600 inhabitants
- 2004: 10,000 inhabitants
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