Wejherowo County

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Wejherowo County (Polish: Powiat wejherowski) is the most populated countryside county in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

Area: 1,280 km²
Population: 184,000
Capital: Wejherowo
Cities: Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia
Rural communes: Choczewo, Gniewino, Linia, Luzino, Leczyce, Szemud, Wejherowo (rural commune)

Wejherowo County partly belongs to the Tricity agglomeration of over 1 million people.

Many local Poles fell victim to German extermination policies during World War II. The county is the location of a mass murder site in Piaśnica with some 66,000 murders counted.

[edit] External link

• Wejherowo County website – (Polish language)

Counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
City counties: Gdynia • Gdańsk • Słupsk • Sopot Land counties: Bytów • Chojnice • Człuchów • Pruszcz Gdański • Kartuzy • Kościerzyna • Kwidzyn • Lębork • Malbork • Nowy Dwór Gdański • Puck • Słupsk • Starogard • Sztum • Tczew • Wejherowo