Reda, Poland

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Reda
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Reda (Poland)
Reda
Reda
Coordinates: 54°37′N 18°21′E / 54.617, 18.35
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Wejherowo
Gmina Reda (urban gmina)
Area
 - Total 29.45 km² (11.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 18,509
 - Density 628.5/km² (1,627.8/sq mi)
Postal code 84-240
Website: http://www.reda.pl
This article is about a town in Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland. For other meanings, see Rheda (disambiguation).
Coat of Arms of Reda
Coat of Arms of Reda

Reda [ˈrɛda] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Réda, (German: Rheda) is a town on the Reda River in Kashubia or Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 17,000 inhabitants. Situated in the Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975-1998).

It is connected by well developed railway and highway connections to the Tricity, an aglomeration of over 1 million on the coast of Gdańsk Bay.

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[edit] Population

1768 1869 1872 1924 1968 1982 1991 1999 2001 2002 2003 2007
74 692 763 1000 5400 6091 14000 17200 17634 17619 17459 19062

[edit] Village Reda

Village Reda

View of Reda
View of Reda

In 1357 first mentioned in documents. Later it shared the history of the province:
1308 Teutonic Order state.
1466 Poland, province Royal Prussia
1770 Kingdom of Prussia, province West Prussia.
1920 Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
1939 Polish defense in WW2 annexed by Germany to the province Danzig-West Prussia
1945 Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship
1967 Found the town of Reda. Reda has now 5400 inhabitants.
1982 Reda has now 6091 inhabitants. Dynamic growth started.
1982-1999 Population of Reda has grown 3 fold.

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Coordinates: 54°37′N, 18°21′E