Pomeranian Voivodeship
Województwo pomorskie | |||
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Country |
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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 | ||
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18,293 km2 (7,063 sq mi) | ||
* further divided into 123 gminas |
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province[1] (in Polish województwo pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ]), 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.
Cities and towns[]

The Hanseatic city of Gdańsk is the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sopot, is a resort town and one of the three settlements of the Tricity
The voivodeship contains 42 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006[2] ):
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Administrative division[]
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Sea port in Gdańsk
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 |
Economy[]
Major corporations[]
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:[3]
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Unemployment[]
Transport[]
- SKM
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Obwodnica Trójmiejska
- Autostrada A1
Education[]

Faculty of Law of Gdańsk University in Gdańsk-Przymorze
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[]

Dunes in 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
References[]
- ^ Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.
- ^ 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[]
- 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)
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