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'Pomeranian Voivodeship' (also "'Pomerania Province'" — Polish: ''województwo pomorskie'') is a voivodeship, or province, in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania. Its capital is Gdańsk.
Pomerania Province was established January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province's name recalls the region's traditional name, Pomorze (in English, "Pomerania").
The area borders to the west on West Pomeranian Voivodeship, and extends eastward along the Baltic Sea.
Gdańsk, at the province's center, forms part of the Tricity of Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia. Also part of the province is the narrow Hel Peninsula. Other tourist destinations include Sopot, Jurata, Łeba, Władysławowo, Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Rozewie, Kuźnica, and many fishing ports and lighthouses.

Contents

Largest cities and towns

Counties, administrative division

Economy

Major corporations

Unemployment

Transport

Education

Higher education

Protected areas in Pomeranian Voivodeship

Most popular surnames in the region

Previous Pomeranian Voivodeships

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1294-1308)

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466-1772)

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919-1939)

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1945-1950)

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Largest cities and towns

'City, town '	'Population (as of 30th June 2004)'	'Coat of arms'
'Total population'	2186466
''Urban population''	''1473317''	-
''Tricity'' ★	''745603''
Gdańsk	453361
Gdynia	252071
''Kashubian Tricity'' ★ ★	''105226''
Słupsk	98891
Tczew	60056
Starogard Gdański	48741
Wejherowo	44113
Rumia	43387
Sopot	40171
Chojnice	39950
Malbork	38621
Kwidzyn	37725
Lębork	35371
★ Tricity=Gdańsk+Gdynia+Sopot ★ ★ Kashubian Tricity=Wejherowo+Rumia+Reda Source [1]

See full list of cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship

Counties, administrative division

'Coat of arms'	'County'	'Polish name'	'Capital'	'Area sq km'	'Population'	'Population density inhab. per sq km'	'Urban population'
'Land counties - powiaty ziemskie'
	Bytów	powiat bytowski	Bytów	2 193	76 289	34,8	27 994
	Chojnice	powiat chojnicki	Chojnice	1 364	92 151	67,6	54 068
	Człuchów	powiat człuchowski	Człuchów	1 574	57 534	36,6	25 962
	Kartuzy	powiat kartuski	Kartuzy	1 120	108 381	96,8	21 516
	Kościerzyna	powiat kościerski	Kościerzyna	1 166	66 940	57,4	23 015
	Kwidzyn	powiat kwidzyński	Kwidzyn	835	81 078	97,1	46 330
	Lębork	powiat lęborski	Lębork	707	63 998	90,5	39 127
	Malbork	powiat malborski	Malbork	494	63 332	128,2	43 025
	Nowy Dwór Gdański	powiat nowodworski	Nowy Dwór Gdański	653	35 793	54,8	11 285
	Pruszcz Gdański	powiat gdański	Pruszcz Gdański	793	84 091	106,0	23 490
	Puck	powiat pucki	Puck	578	73 844	127,8	34 234
	Słupsk	powiat słupski	Słupsk	2 304	92 846	40,3	20 327
	Starogard Gdański	powiat starogardzki	Starogard Gdański	1 345	121 878	90,6	61 899
	Sztum	powiat sztumski	Sztum	731	42 341	57,9	15 718
	Tczew	powiat tczewski	Tczew	698	112 546	161,2	75 244
	Wejherowo	powiat wejherowski	Wejherowo	1 280	179 552	140,3	106 455
'City counties - powiaty grodzkie'
	Gdańsk	powiat gdański	Gdańsk	262	452 478	1272,0	452 478
	Gdynia	powiat gdyński	Gdynia	136	251 785	1851,4	251 785
	Słupsk	powiat słupski	Słupsk	43	98 421	2288,9	98 421
	Sopot	powiat sopocki	Sopot	17	39 750	2338,2	39 750
Source: Regional Data Bank, data as of 31st December 2005

Economy

Major corporations

'Corporation name Further information'	'Location'	'Kind of activity'
Energa Gdańsk Power Generator [2]	Gdańsk	energy supplies
Ergo Hestia [3]	Sopot	insurance
Gdańsk Repair Yard [4]	Gdańsk	repair shipyard
Gdynia Stocznia [5]	Gdynia	shipyard
GE Capital Bank[6]	Gdańsk	banking
Grupa LOTOS [7]	Gdańsk	petroleum products
Intel Technology Poland [8]	Gdańsk	hardware
International Paper Kwidzyn	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: [15]

Unemployment

Transport

★ SKM

★ Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

★ Obwodnica Trójmiejska

★ Autostrada A1

Education

Higher education

'Name '	'Location'	'Students in thousnads '
		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 in Pomeranian Voivodeship

'National parks'


★ Słowiński National Park

★ Bory Tucholskie National Park
'Other'

★ Kaszubski Park Krajobrazowy

★ Nadmorski Park Krajobrazowy

★ Park Krajobrazowy Dolina Słupi

★ Park Krajobrazowy Mierzeja Wiślana

★ Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy

★ Wdzydzki Park Krajobrazowy

★ Zaborski Park Krajobrazowy

Most popular surnames in the region

# Wiśniewski : 7,446
# Kamiński : 6,752
# Lewandowski : 6,687

Previous Pomeranian Voivodeships

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1294-1308)

Pomeranian Voivodeship was a province of the Kingdom of Poland. After the extinction of the local dukes in 1294, the province fell to Przemysł II of Poland.

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466-1772)

This was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1454/1466 until the partitions in 1772/1795. Together with the Chełmno Voivodeship and Malbork Voivodeship it formed the historical province of Royal Prussia. The capital was at Gdańsk. It was renamed to the Prussian province of West Prussia (1772-1919).
Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:

★ Gdańsk
Regional council (sejmik generalny)

★ Gniew
Regional councils (sejmik poselski i deputacki)

★ Człuchów

★ Tuchola

★ Świecie

★ Starogród

★ Puck
Administrative divisions:

★ Człuchów County, (Powiat Człuchowski), Człuchów

★ Gdańsk County, (Powiat Gdański), Gdańsk

★ Koscierzyna County, (Powiat Kościerzyński), Kościerzyna

★ Mirachowo County, (Powiat Mirachowski), Mirachowo

★ Nowe County, (Powiat Nowski), Nowe

★ Puck County, (Powiat Pucki), Puck

★ Skarszewy County, (Powiat Skarszewski), Skarszewy

★ Stargard County, (Powiat Starogrodzki) Starogard Gdański

★ Świecie County, (Powiat Świecki), Świecie

★ Tczew County, (Powiat Tczewski), Tczew

★ Tuchola County, (Powiat Tucholski), Tuchola

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919-1939)

This was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (II Rzeczpospolita) established in 1919 after World War I from the majority of the Prussian province of West Prussia which fell to Poland. Toruń was the capital. In 1938-39 the voivodeship extended to the south at the expense of Poznań Voivodeship and Warsaw Voivodeship, and was called Great Pomerania afterwards (see: Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships on April 1, 1938).
During WWII it was occupied by Nazi Germany and annexed as ''Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen'' "(Reich province of Gdańsk-West Prussia)." In 1945 it was returned to Poland and superseded by Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz voivodeships. In the years 1975-98 it was reorganized into the voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg, Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek.

Pomeranian Voivodeship (1945-1950)

This was a unit of administration and local government in Poland established in 1945 from most of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodeship, later renamed Bydgoszcz Voivodeship.
Capital city: Bydgoszcz
List of counties in 1946

English county name, Polish county name, capital city

★ Bydgoszcz City, miasto Bydgoszcz

★ Toruń City, miasto Toruń

★ Brodnica County, powiat brodnicki, Brodnica

★ Bydgoszcz County, powiat bydgoski, Bydgoszcz

★ Chełmno County, powiat chełmiński, Chełmno

★ Chojnice County, powiat chojnicki, Chojnice

★ Grudziądz County, powiat grudziądzki, Grudziądz

★ Inowrocław County, powiat inowroclawski, Inowrocław

★ Lipno County, powiat lipnowski/lipnieński?, Lipno

★ Lubawa County, powiat lubawski, Lubawa

★ Nieszawa County, powiat nieszawski, Nieszawa

★ Rypin County, powiat rypiński, Rypin

★ Sępolno County, powiat sępoleński, Sępolno Krajenskie

★ Świecie County, powiat świecki, Świecie

★ Szubin County, powiat szubiński, Szubin

★ Toruń County, powiat toruński, Toruń

★ Tuchola County, powiat tucholski, Tuchola

★ Wąbrzeźno County, powiat wąbrzeski, Wąbrzeźno

★ Włocławek County, powiat włocławski, Włocławek

★ Wyrzysk County, powiat wyrzyski, Wyrzysk

External links

★ Information about Pomeranian Voivodeship - official website (en)

★ Economy brochure (en)

★ The Pomorskie Voivodeship. The Greatest Tourist Attractions - Brochure (en)

★ Pomerania Development Agency Co. (en)

★ Wrota Pomorza - Pomeranian Voivodeship Portal (en) (de) (fr) (pl) (ru)

★ Portal o Trójmieście (pl)