Pyrzyce

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Pyrzyce
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Pyrzyce (Poland)
Pyrzyce
Pyrzyce
Coordinates: 53°8′N 14°53′E / 53.133, 14.883
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County Pyrzyce County
Gmina Gmina Pyrzyce
Government
 - Mayor Kazimierz Lipiński
Area
 - Total 39 km² (15.1 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 - Total 13,331
 - Density 341.8/km² (885.3/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 74-200
Car plates ZPY
Website: http://www.pyrzyce.um.gov.pl


Pyrzyce [pɨˈʐɨt​͡sɛ] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Pirzëce, German: Pyritz), is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, with 13,331 inhabitants (2007)

Capital of the Pyrzyce County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975-1998).

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[edit] History

An anonymous medieval document of ca. 850, called Bavarian Geographer mentions the tribe of Pyritzans who have 70 strongholds (Prissani civitates LXX. )

[edit] Population


1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 5,500 inhabitants
1970: 8,800 inhabitants
1975: 10,800 inhabitants
1980: 11,600 inhabitants
1990: ? inhabitants
2000: 13,200 inhabitants

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[edit] Towns near Pyrzyce

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Coordinates: 53°08′N, 14°53′E