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Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Województwo pomorskie
Image:POL województwo pomorskie flag.svg Image:POL województwo pomorskie COA.svg
Flag Coat of arms
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Capital city Gdańsk
Area 18,293 km²
Population (2004)
 - Density 		2,192,000
120/km²
Powiats
 - Urban counties
 - Land counties
4
16
Communes 123

Pomerania Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodeship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania. Capital city: Gdańsk.

It was established January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk, Elbląg and Słupsk, pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls the region's traditional name, Pomerania.

The area borders, to the west, on the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, and extends eastward along the Baltic Sea.

Gdańsk, in the center of the voivodeship, forms part of the "tricity" of Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia. Also part of the voivodeship is the narrow Hel Peninsula. Other well-known tourist destinations include Puck, Krynica Morska, Ustka, Jastarnia, Rozewie and Kuźnica, with many fishing ports and lighthouses.

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[edit] Major cities of this region

Population estimates as of 2003:

[edit] Administrative divisions

[edit] Major corporations

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

  1. Wiśniewski : 7,446
  2. Kamiński : 6,752
  3. Lewandowski : 6,687

[edit] Previous Pomeranian Voivodeships

[edit] 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

Pomeranian Voivodeship 1919-1939

[edit] 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.

During WWII it was occupied by Nazi Germany and renamed Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia "(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.

[edit] 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 Chelmno 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:

Regional council (sejmik generalny)

Regional councils (sejmik poselski i deputacki)

Administrative divisions:

[edit] Pomeranian voivodeship (1294-1308)

This 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.


Counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship

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City counties: Gdynia • Gdańsk • Słupsk • Sopot

Land counties: Bytów • Chojnice • Człuchów • Pruszcz Gdański • Kartuzy • Kościerzyna • Kwidzyn • Lębork • Malbork • Nowy Dwór Gdański • Puck • Słupsk • Starogard • Sztum • Tczew • Wejherowo

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Voivodeships of Poland

Greater Poland • Kuyavian-Pomeranian • Lesser Poland • Lower Silesian • Lublin • Lubusz • Łódź • Masovian • Opole • Podlachian • Pomeranian • Silesian • Subcarpathian • Świętokrzyskie • Warmian-Masurian • West Pomeranian

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