Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship
; Pomeranian Voivodeship; Województwo Pomorskie;
	; Voivodeship;
	;
; ; Flag;	; ; Coat of arms;
	; ; Location within usa;
	; Coordinates (Gdańsk): 54°22′N 18°38′E / 54.367°N 18.633°E / 54.367; 18.633;
Country	; Poland;
Capital	; Gdańsk;
Counties	; ; 4 cities, 16 land counties *; Gdańsk; ; Gdynia; ; Słupsk; ; Sopot; ; Bytów County; ; Chojnice County; ; Człuchów County; ; Gdańsk County; ; Kartuzy County; ; Kościerzyna County; ; Kwidzyn County; ; Lębork County; ; Malbork County; ; Nowy Dwór Gdański County; ; Puck County; ; Słupsk County; ; Starogard County; ; Sztum County; ; Tczew County; ; Wejherowo County; ; ;
Area;
• Total	; 18,293 km2 (7,063 sq mi)
Population (31-12-2014);
• Total	; 2,302,077
• Density	; 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
• Urban;	; 1,478,802
• Rural;	; 722,267
Car plates	; G
Website	; http://www.woj-pomorskie.pl;
	; further divided into 123 gminas; ;

Voivodeship in Poland

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-western Poland. 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 (Kaliningrad Oblast), on the Vistula Spit. The voivodeship 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.

A province of rich cultural heritage. The Tricity urban area, consisting of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot, is one of the main cultural, commercial and educational centres of Poland. Gdańsk and Gdynia are two of the major Polish seaports, the first erected by 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 and lighthouses.

The name Pomerania comes from the Slavic po- morze, which means along the sea.^[2]

Cities and towns[edit]

Gdańsk, principal seaport of Poland since the Middle Ages and the capital of Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gdynia, one of Poland's three major seaports

The voivodeship contains 42 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (official 2014 figures).^[3]

Gdańsk (461.935)

Gdynia (247.792)

Słupsk (93.706)

Tczew (60.568)

Wejherowo (50.310)

Starogard Gdański (48.513)

Rumia (47.506)

Chojnice (40,146)

Malbork (38.970)

Kwidzyn (38.849)

Sopot (37.683)

Lębork (35.475)

Pruszcz Gdański (29.034)

Kościerzyna (23.696)

Reda (23.343)

Bytów (16.828)

Ustka (16.158)

Kartuzy (14.847)

Człuchów (14.311)

Puck (11.369)

Miastko (10.890)

Sztum (10.322)

Władysławowo (10.175)

Czersk (10.046)

Nowy Dwór Gdański (10.042)

Prabuty (8.782)

Pelplin (8.236)

Skarszewy (7.087)

Gniew (6.861)

Żukowo (6.512)

Czarne (6.095)

Dzierzgoń (5.571)

Debrzno (5.218)

Brusy (5.051)

Nowy Staw (4.328)

Jastarnia (3.808)

Łeba (3.808)

Kępice (3.775)

Hel (3.613)

Skórcz (3.578)

Czarna Woda (2.875)

Krynica Morska (1.336)

Administrative division[edit]

Kartuzy

Wejherowo

Puck

Gdynia

Sopot

Gdańsk

Gdańsk

N. Dwór Gd.

Lębork

Słupsk

Słupsk

Tczew

Malbork

Sztum

Kwidzyn

Kościerzyna

Człuchów

Chojnice

Bytów

Starogard
Gdański

Słupsk, the largest city in the west of the voivodeship

Tczew, the largest city in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie

Wejherowo, one of the main centres of the ethnocultural region of Kashubia

Starogard Gdański, the capital of Kociewie

Sopot, a resort and one of the three cities of the Tricity

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 (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[edit]

Name	Period
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 – 8 December 2015
Dariusz Drelich	8 December 2015 – present

Economy[edit]

Gdańsk seaport

Polpharma pharmaceutical company, in Starogard Gdański

Major corporations[edit]

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]	Gdańsk	petroleum products
Intel Technology Poland [7]	Gdańsk	hardware
International Paper Kwidzyn [8]	Kwidzyn	paper products
Lubiana [9]	Łubiana near Kościerzyna	china-ware manufacturer
Philips Consumer Electronics	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	designing and distributing clothes
Source:^[4]

Unemployment[edit]

Transport[edit]

SKM

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

Obwodnica Trójmiejska

Autostrada A1

Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna

Education[edit]

Gdańsk University Faculty of Law, in Gdańsk-Przymorze

Main building, Gdańsk University of Technology

Gdańsk Medical University

Gdynia Maritime Academy

Higher education[edit]

Name	Location	Students in thousands
Name	Location	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 (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)	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[edit]

Dunes, Słowiński National Park

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

Gallery[edit]

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Pelplin

Malbork Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Gothic New Gate in Słupsk

Neptune's Fountain and the 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

Dar Pomorza in Gdynia

Seal Sanctuary in Hel

References[edit]

^ Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.

^ Der Name Pommern (po morze) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie „Land am Meer“. Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)

^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). archive.org. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2007-01-22.

External links[edit]

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)

Coordinates: 54°11′43″N 18°00′59″E / 54.19528°N 18.01639°E / 54.19528; 18.01639

[1] Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.

[2] Der Name Pommern (po morze) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie „Land am Meer“. Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)

[3] "Wayback Machine" (PDF). archive.org. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2007-01-22.

v t e Counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
City counties	Gdańsk (capital) Gdynia Słupsk Sopot
Land counties	Bytów Chojnice Człuchów Gdańsk Kartuzy Kościerzyna Kwidzyn Lębork Malbork Nowy Dwór Gdański Puck Słupsk Starogard Sztum Tczew Wejherowo

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