Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
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.svg) Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 54°12′N 18°01′E / 54.200°N 18.017°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Capital | Gdańsk |
| Counties | 20, including four city counties
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| HDI (2019) | 0.892[2] very high · 3rd |
| Website | pomorskie.eu |
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Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ] ⓘ; Kashubian: Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò [pvɛˈmvɛrst͡ʃi vɛjɛˈvut͡stfɔ]) is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of
Vistula River. The western part of the province, around Słupsk, belonged historically to Farther Pomerania. The central parts of the province belong to Pomerelia, including Kashubia, named after the Kashubian minority. The eastern bank of the Vistula, nowadays called Powiśle (Vistula Plains), belongs to the historical region of Prussia
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The province is one of rich cultural heritage. The
Mieszko I of Poland in the Middle Ages, the latter built in the interwar period. Amongst the most recognisable landmarks of the region are the historic city centre of Gdańsk filled with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces, the Museum of the National Anthem in Będomin, located at the birthplace of Józef Wybicki, poet and politician, author of the national anthem of Poland, the largest medieval churches of Poland (the St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk and the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Pelplin) and the Malbork Castle. The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations include Wejherowo, Sopot, Jurata, Łeba, Władysławowo, Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Kuźnica, Bytów
and many fishing ports, lighthouses, and boats.
The name Pomerania derives from the Slavic po more, meaning "by the sea" or "on the sea".[3]
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Cities and towns
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The voivodeship contains 7 cities and 35 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (official 2019 figures).[4]
Cities (governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta):
- Gdańsk (468,158)
- Gdynia (246,244)
- Słupsk (90,769)
- Tczew (60,120)
- Wejherowo (49,652)
- Starogard Gdański (47,775)
- Sopot (35,827)
Towns:
- Rumia (49,160)
- Chojnice (39,890)
- Malbork (38,465)
- Kwidzyn (38,444)
- Lębork (35,333)
- Pruszcz Gdański (31,135)
- Reda (26,011)
- Kościerzyna (23,776)
- Bytów (16,918)
- Ustka (15,460)
- Kartuzy (14,536)
- Człuchów (13,649)
- Puck (11,213)
- Miastko (10,439)
- Sztum (9,940)
- Władysławowo (9,930)
- Czersk (9,910)
- Nowy Dwór Gdański (9,905)
- Prabuty (8,695)
- Pelplin (7,784)
- Skarszewy (6,994)
- Gniew (6,707)
- Żukowo (6,691)
- Czarne (5,932)
- Dzierzgoń (5,364)
- Brusy (5,188)
- Debrzno (5,096)
- Nowy Staw (4,248)
- Łeba (3,644)
- Skórcz (3,625)
- Kępice (3,580)
- Hel (3,267)
- Czarna Woda (2,786)
- Jastarnia (2,704)
- Krynica Morska (1,303)
Administrative division
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Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 20 counties (powiats): 4 city counties, and 16 land counties. These are further divided into 123 gminas (communes).
The counties are listed below in order of decreasing population.
| English and Polish names |
Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Gdańsk | 262 | 468,158 | 1 | ||
| Gdynia | 136 | 246,244 | 1 | ||
| Słupsk | 43.15 | 90,769 | 1 | ||
| Sopot | 17.31 | 35,827 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Wejherowo County powiat wejherowski |
1,280 | 216,764 | Wejherowo | Rumia, Reda | 10 |
| Starogard County powiat starogardzki |
1,345 | 128,055 | Starogard Gdański | Skarszewy, Skórcz, Czarna Woda | 13 |
| Tczew County powiat tczewski |
698 | 115,738 | Tczew | Pelplin, Gniew | 6 |
| Kartuzy County powiat kartuski |
1,120 | 137,942 | Kartuzy | Żukowo | 8 |
| Słupsk County powiat słupski |
2,304 | 98,793 | Słupsk * | Ustka, Kępice | 10 |
| Chojnice County powiat chojnicki |
1,364 | 97,616 | Chojnice | Czersk, Brusy | 5 |
| Gdańsk County powiat gdański |
793 | 117,452 | Pruszcz Gdański | 8 | |
| Kwidzyn County powiat kwidzyński |
835 | 83,231 | Kwidzyn | Prabuty | 6 |
| Bytów County powiat bytowski |
2,193 | 79,260 | Bytów | Miastko | 10 |
| Puck County powiat pucki |
578 | 86,203 | Puck | Władysławowo, Jastarnia, Hel | 7 |
| Kościerzyna County powiat kościerski |
1,166 | 72,589 | Kościerzyna | 8 | |
| Lębork County powiat lęborski |
707 | 66,196 | Lębork | Łeba | 5 |
| Malbork County powiat malborski |
495 | 63,575 | Malbork | Nowy Staw | 6 |
| Człuchów County powiat człuchowski |
1,574 | 56,225 | Człuchów | Czarne, Debrzno | 7 |
| Sztum County powiat sztumski |
731 | 41,808 | Sztum | Dzierzgoń | 5 |
Nowy Dwór Gdański County powiat nowodworski (pomorski) |
653 | 35,656 | Nowy Dwór Gdański | Krynica Morska | 5 |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
Governors
| Name | Period |
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| Tomasz Sowińskii | 1 January 1999 - 20 October 2001 |
| Jan Ryszard Kurylczyk | 20 October 2001 - 26 July 2004 |
| Cezary Dąbrowski | 26 July 2004 - 27 January 2006 |
| Piotr Ołowski | 27 January 2006 - 26 February 2007 |
| Piotr Karczewski | 22 May 2007 - 29 November 2007 |
| Roman Zaborowski | 29 November 2007 - 25 October 2011 |
| Ryszard Stachurski | 12 December 2011 – 8 December 2015 |
| Dariusz Drelich | 8 December 2015 – present |
Economy
The
seaport
Major corporations
| Corporation name Further information |
Location | Kind of activity |
| Energa Gdańsk Power Generator [1] | Gdańsk | energy supplies |
| Ergo Hestia [2] | Sopot | insurance |
| Gdańsk Repair Yard[3] | Gdańsk | repair shipyard |
| Gdynia Stocznia [4] | Gdynia | shipyard |
| GE Capital Bank[5] | Gdańsk | banking |
Grupa LOTOS [6]
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Gdańsk | petroleum products
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| Intel Technology Poland [7] | Gdańsk | hardware |
| International Paper Kwidzyn [8] | Kwidzyn | paper products |
| Lubiana [9] | Łubiana near Kościerzyna | china-ware manufacturer |
Philips Consumer Electronics
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Kwidzyn | electronics |
| Polpharma[10] | Starogard Gdański | medicines |
| Prokom Software [11] | Gdynia | software |
| Destylarnia Sobieski [12] | Starogard Gdański | distillery |
| Elnord [13] | Gdańsk | energy supplies |
| LPP [14] | Gdańsk | clothes
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| Source:[6] | ||
Transport
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Obwodnica Trójmiejska
- Autostrada A1
Railway
- Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna
- Reskowo railway station[7]
- Szałamaje railway station[8]
- SKM
Education
Gdańsk University Faculty of Law, in Gdańsk-Przymorze
Gdańsk Medical University
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Higher education
| Name | Location | Students in thousands | |
| total | of which women | ||
| Total | - | 97.9 | 55.3 |
| Uniwersytet Gdański ( Gdańsk University )
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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 (Gdańsk Sports Academy) |
Gdańsk | 4.1 | 1.9 |
| Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku (Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts) |
Gdańsk | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Akademia Marynarki Wojennej im. Bohaterów Westerplatte (Polish Naval Academy) |
Gdynia | . | . |
| Akademia Morska w Gdyni ( Gdynia Maritime Academy )
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Gdynia | . | . |
| Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne (Gdańsk Seminary) |
Gdańsk | . | . |
| Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku (Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music, in Gdańsk) |
Gdańsk | . | . |
| Data as of 31 November 2005, source http://www.stat.gov.pl | |||
Protected areas
Landscape Parks
. These are listed below.
- biosphere reserve)
- biosphere reserve)
- Coastal Landscape Park
- Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)
- Kashubian Landscape Park
- Słupia Valley Landscape Park
- Tricity Landscape Park
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
- Vistula Spit Landscape Park
- Wdydze Landscape Park
- Zaborski Landscape Park
Gallery
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UNESCO World Heritage Site -
The Gothic New Gate in Słupsk -
Long Market in Gdańsk -
Royal Chapel in Gdańsk -
Museum of the National Anthem in Będomin -
Pier in Sopot, the longest wooden pier in Europe -
Road bridge in Tczew, built as the longest bridge in Europe in the mid-19th-century -
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References
- ^ "EU regions by GDP". Eurostat. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI". Global Data Lab. Radboud University Nijmegen. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ Der Name Pommern (po more) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie "Land am Meer". Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)
- ^ GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Economy" (PDF). The Province of Pomerania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ^ Reskowo article at Polish stations database, URL accessed at 18 March 2006
- ^ Szałamaje article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 7 March 2006
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pomeranian Voivodeship.
- Information about Pomeranian Voivodeship - official website (pl, en, ru)
- Economy brochure (en)
- The Pomorskie Voivodeship. The Greatest Tourist Attractions - Brochure (en)
- Pomerania Development Agency Co. (en)
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