Pomeranian Voivodeship
| Pomeranian Voivodeship Województwo Pomorskie | |||
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| Coordinates (Gdańsk): 54°22′N 18°38′E / 54.367°N 18.633°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland | ||
| Capital | Gdańsk | ||
| Counties | |||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 18,293 km2 (7,063 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 2,201,069 | ||
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 1,478,802 | ||
| • Rural | 722,267 | ||
| Car plates | G | ||
| Website | http://www.woj-pomorskie.pl | ||
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Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province[1] (in Polish województwo pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ], in Kashubian Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò), is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia (the easternmost part of historical Pomerania), as well as an area east of the Vistula River. The western part of the province, around Słupsk, belonged historically to Farther Pomerania, while Pomerelia and the eastern bank of the Vistula belonged to the historical region of Prussia. The central parts of the province are also known as Kashubia, named after the Kashubian minority. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It is bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to the south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia, on the Vistula Spit.
Gdańsk, the regional capital, forms part of the Tricity of Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia. The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations include Sopot, Jurata, Łeba, Władysławowo, Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Kuźnica, Bytów and many fishing ports and lighthouses.
The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means Land at the Sea.[2]
Cities and towns
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The voivodeship contains 42 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006[3] ):
- Gdańsk (456,103)
- Gdynia (251,183)
- Słupsk (98,402)
- Tczew (60,263)
- Starogard Gdański (48,136)
- Wejherowo (45,170)
- Rumia (44,497)
- Sopot (39,836)
- Chojnice (39,716)
- Malbork (38,478)
- Kwidzyn (37,814)
- Lębork (35,069)
- Pruszcz Gdański (23,986)
- Kościerzyna (23,016)
- Reda (18,509)
- Bytów (16,715)
- Ustka (16,227)
- Kartuzy (15,263)
- Władysławowo (14,892)
- Człuchów (14,597)
- Puck (11,329)
- Miastko (10,987)
- Nowy Dwór Gdański (9,948)
- Sztum (9,945)
- Czersk (9,463)
- Prabuty (8,488)
- Pelplin (8,486)
- Skarszewy (6,824)
- Gniew (6,787)
- Żukowo (6,302)
- Czarne (5,917)
- Dzierzgoń (5,630)
- Debrzno (5,359)
- Brusy (4,582)
- Nowy Staw (4,447)
- Jastarnia (4,033)
- Hel (3,898)
- Kępice (3,829)
- Łeba (3,824)
- Skórcz (3,512)
- Czarna Woda (3,182)
- Krynica Morska (1,371)
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.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
| English and Polish names |
Area (km²) |
Population (2006) |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Gdańsk | 262 | 456,103 | 1 | ||
| Gdynia | 136 | 251,183 | 1 | ||
| Słupsk | 43.15 | 98,402 | 1 | ||
| Sopot | 17.31 | 39,836 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Wejherowo County powiat wejherowski |
1,280 | 181,834 | Wejherowo | Rumia, Reda | 10 |
| Starogard County powiat starogardzki |
1,345 | 121,963 | Starogard Gdański | Skarszewy, Skórcz, Czarna Woda | 13 |
| Tczew County powiat tczewski |
698 | 112,614 | Tczew | Pelplin, Gniew | 6 |
| Kartuzy County powiat kartuski |
1,120 | 109,311 | Kartuzy | Żukowo | 8 |
| Słupsk County powiat słupski |
2,304 | 92,172 | Słupsk * | Ustka, Kępice | 10 |
| Chojnice County powiat chojnicki |
1,364 | 91,585 | Chojnice | Czersk, Brusy | 5 |
| Gdańsk County powiat gdański |
793 | 85,566 | Pruszcz Gdański | 8 | |
| Kwidzyn County powiat kwidzyński |
835 | 80,704 | Kwidzyn | Prabuty | 6 |
| Bytów County powiat bytowski |
2,193 | 75,313 | Bytów | Miastko | 10 |
| Puck County powiat pucki |
578 | 74,196 | Puck | Władysławowo, Jastarnia, Hel | 7 |
| Kościerzyna County powiat kościerski |
1,166 | 66,778 | Kościerzyna | 8 | |
| Lębork County powiat lęborski |
707 | 63,659 | Lębork | Łeba | 5 |
| Malbork County powiat malborski |
495 | 62,960 | Malbork | Nowy Staw | 6 |
| Człuchów County powiat człuchowski |
1,574 | 56,797 | Człuchów | Czarne, Debrzno | 7 |
| Sztum County powiat sztumski |
731 | 41,808 | Sztum | Dzierzgoń | 5 |
| Nowy Dwór Gdański County powiat nowodworski (pomorski) |
653 | 35,498 | Nowy Dwór Gdański | Krynica Morska | 5 |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
Governors
| Name | Period |
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| Tomasz Sowiński | 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 – present |
Economy
Major corporations
| Corporation name Further information |
Location | Kind of activity |
| Energa Gdańsk Power Generator | Gdańsk | energy supplies |
| Ergo Hestia | Sopot | insurance |
| Gdańsk Repair Yard | Gdańsk | repair shipyard |
| Gdynia Stocznia | Gdynia | shipyard |
| GE Capital Bank | Gdańsk | banking |
| Grupa LOTOS | Gdańsk | petroleum products |
| Intel Technology Poland | Gdańsk | hardware |
| International Paper Kwidzyn | Kwidzyn | paper products |
| Lubiana | Łubiana near Kościerzyna | china-ware manufacturer |
| Philips Consumer Electronics | Kwidzyn | electronics |
| Polpharma | Starogard Gdański | medicines |
| Prokom Software | Gdynia | software |
| Destylarnia Sobieski | Starogard Gdański | distillery |
| Elnord | Gdańsk | energy supplies |
| LPP | Gdańsk | designing and distributing clothes |
| Source:[4] | ||
Unemployment
Transport
- SKM
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Obwodnica Trójmiejska
- Autostrada A1
Education
Higher education
| Name | Location | Students in thousands | |
| total | of which women | ||
| Total | - | 97.9 | 55.3 |
| Uniwersytet Gdański (Gdańsk University) |
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 (Sports Academy in Gdańsk) |
Gdańsk | 4.1 | 1.9 |
| Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku (Arts Academy in Gdańsk) |
Gdańsk | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Akademia Marynarki Wojennej im. Bohaterów Westerplatte (Polish Naval Academy) |
Gdynia | . | . |
| Akademia Morska w Gdyni (Gdynia Maritime University) |
Gdynia | . | . |
| Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne (Gdańsk Seminary) |
Gdańsk | . | . |
| Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku (The Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk) |
Gdańsk | . | . |
| Data as of 31 November 2005, source http://www.stat.gov.pl | |||
Protected areas
Protected areas in Pomeranian Voivodeship include two National Parks and nine Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
- Słowiński National Park (a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve)
- Tuchola Forest National Park
- Coastal Landscape Park
- Iława Lake District Landscape Park (partly in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)
- Kashubian Landscape Park
- Słupia Valley Landscape Park
- Tricity Landscape Park
- Tuchola Landscape Park (partly in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
- Vistula Spit Landscape Park
- Wdydze Landscape Park
- Zaborski Landscape Park
References
- ↑ Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.
- ↑ Der Name Pommern (po more) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie „Land am Meer“. (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080505094648/http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_ludnosc_stan_struktura_teryt_1pol_2007.pdf
- ↑ http://www.woj-pomorskie.pl/downloads/ekonomia_en.pdf
External links
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- Information about Pomeranian Voivodeship - official website en
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- Economy brochure (en)
- The Pomorskie Voivodeship. The Greatest Tourist Attractions - Brochure (en)
- Pomerania Development Agency Co. (en)
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Coordinates: 54°11′43″N 18°00′59″E / 54.19528°N 18.01639°E