TRICITY

:''For other tricities see Tri-cities''
:''For Tricity domestic appliances see Electrolux''



'Tricity' (or ''Tri-City'', also called ''Treble City'', in Polish ''Trójmiasto'') is an urban area consisting of three Polish cities: Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated adjacent to one other, in a row, on the coast of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, in Eastern Pomerania (Pomeranian Voivodeship), northern Poland. The Tricity metropolitan area has a population of over 1 million people.
The name ''Trójmiasto'' is used informally or semi-formally only, as there is no corresponding single administrative unit or local authority,

Contents

Welfare

Population

Education

Transport

External links

Welfare

Nearly 35% taxpayers from Tricity are in the middle and high taxable income groups (average for Poland 10%). Approximately 12% of Tricity taxpayers are in highest taxable income group (Polish average 3%).

Population

The total population of the 3 cities comprising Tricity (Gdańsk + Gdynia + Sopot):

★ 1960: 481,100 inhabitants (286,900 + 150,200 + 44,000)

★ 1970: 604,800 inhabitants (365,600 + 191,500 + 47,700)

★ 1975: 693,800 inhabitants (421,000 + 221,100 + 51,700)

★ 1980: 744,400 inhabitants (456,700 + 236,400 + 51,300)

★ 2004: 754,960 inhabitants (460,524 + 253,650 + 40,785)
The Tricity metropolitan area also includes Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia, Pruszcz Gdański and several other communities. The total population in 2004 was 1,041,066, in an area of 1332.5 km². (Compare: in 2001 1,035,000, so the annual increase was 0.20%).

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★ Largest European metropolitan areas
The Tricity continuous urban area includes following cities:

city	area 1996 km²	area 1999-2006 km²	1996	1999	2003
Gdańsk	262.03	262.03	462,336	457,937	461,011
Gdynia	135.49	135.49	251,932	255,014	253,500
Sopot	17.31	17.31	43,360	42,333	41,017
Pruszcz Gdański	16.47	16.47	21,470	21,757	23,187
Rumia	32,86	32,86	?	40 200	43 000
Reda	26.39	29.45	15,422	17,510	17,868
Wejherowo	25.65	25.65	47,357	47,038	46,900
Total	513.42	516.48	882,871	884,080	885,240

(average growth 1996-2003 0.05%)

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Education

The Tricity is an important centre of education.

★ Gdańsk: Number of universities: 14 (2001) Number of students: 60,436 (2001) Number of graduates: 10,439 (2001)

★ Gdynia: Number of universities: 7 (2003) Number of students: 13,362

Transport

By Polish standards, Tricity has a well-developed common transport system, in addition each city has its own. Here is described only the common part of the system.
Development of the Tricity was smoothed by the construction of the city train (SKM) 1951, binding the whole area from Tczew by Gdańsk, Sopot 1953, Gdynia 1956, Reda, Rumia to Wejherowo 1957.
The backbone of the Tricity is the inner highway. It starts in Gdańsk and goes through Sopot, Gdynia, Rumia and Reda to Wejherowo. It consists of 2-4 lanes in each direction.
In 1975 the dual carriageway Tricity Beltway (Obwodnica Trójmiejska) was constructed. It starts in the vicinity of Pruszcz Gdański and goes through the western districts of Gdańsk to Gdynia-Chylonia.
There is plan to build new line of Szybka Kolej Miejska to connect Baltic Arena with Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport. The line should be ready for 2012 Euro games.

External links

★ Gdańsk Transport system

★ SKM train map of connections

★ Map and Guide to aglomeration

★ Map of population density in the urban area

★ Portal o Trójmieście (pl)