West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish województwo zachodniopomorskie; Kashubian zôpadnopòmòrsczé WOJEWÓDZTWO ) is one of the 16 provinces of the Republic of Poland. It is located in the northwestern part of the country and covers the entire western part of the historical background of Pomerania as well as ( in the far west ) a very small part of the historical Vorpommern. The capital of the province is Stettin ( Szczecin).
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship was created in 1999 as part of the Polish administrative reform from the union of the provinces Szczecin and Koszalin ( Koszalin ) and from parts of the provinces Landsberg on the Warta River ( Gorzów Wielkopolski ), Pila ( Pila ) and Stolp ( Slupsk ).
- 3.1 Landscape
- 3.2 Nachbarwoiwodschaften
- 3.3 cities of the province
- 3.4 rivers
- 9.1 roads
- 9.2 Aviation
Coat of arms
Description: Argent, a gold reinforced Red Cross.
Administrative divisions
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 18 counties, with Stettin, Pomerania and Swinoujscie remain acyclic. The named after the city of Koszalin district includes the city itself does not engage.
Independent Cities
Counties
The province has a total of 18 counties. After the area of the county ( powiat ) Gryfiński is the largest, the county Policki the smallest. In terms of population, the county Stargard on the first and the county Lobeski are in last place.
(Population and area on June 30, 2008)
Geography
Landscape
The rather sparsely populated landscape is characterized by glacially formed moraines, lakes and dense coniferous forests. In the province there are the Szczecin Landscape Park Buchheide and the Landscape Park Lower Oder Valley. In the hinterland of the Baltic Sea coast there are the flows of Szczecin to Gdansk. The southeastern part of the province is dominated by the Pomeranian Lake District.
Nachbarwoiwodschaften
Cities of the province
Stargard
The Lighthouse in Kolobrzeg
Świnoujście
Policy
Darłowo
Połczyn -Zdrój
Stepnica
In the province there are 65 cities; the areas and population largest city is Szczecin, the smallest towns are in terms of population and size, Nowe Warpno Cedynia (300 times smaller than Stettin).
- Grabow ( Grabowa )
- Ina ( Ihna )
- Kurzyca ( Kuritz )
- Mogilica ( Muglitz )
- Oder (Odra )
- Persante ( Parsęta )
- Radev ( Radüe )
- Rega ( Rega )
- Röhrike ( Rurzyca )
- Thue ( Tyva )
- Wieprza ( Wipper )
Population
The inhabitants of Western Pomerania are predominantly Polish nationality. They, or their ancestors were settled after the expulsion of the German Pomerania from central Poland and from the area around Vilnius (Polish: Wilno ), Hrodna ( Grodno Pol. ) and Lviv (Polish: Lwów ) . Besides live here Ukrainians, or whose ancestors were resettled here in the Vistula action.
Partnerships
- State of Brandenburg, Germany
- Brussels Koekelberg, Belgium
- Gironde, France
- Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
- Kaliningrad region, Russia
- Department of Loire- Atlantique, France
- State of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Germany
- Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
- Overijssel, Netherlands Province
- Skåne County, Sweden
Universities
- University of Szczecin
- Technical University of Koszalin
- West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, (formed by the merger of the Technical University of Szczecin, and Agricultural University of Szczecin in 2009 )
- Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin
- Maritime Academy of Szczecin
Economy
In the area of the voivodship is located Szczecin and Swinoujscie with the main port of Poland ( Danzig / Gdynia ). In addition, Szczecin is an internationally significant shipyard site.
In comparison with the gross domestic product of the European Union, expressed in purchasing power standards, the province in 2006 reached an index of 47.7 (EU-27 = 100). The unemployment rate in 2005 was 22.7 percent in 2007 and 17.0 percent in December 2009 at 16.5 percent.
Tourism
Tourism has traditionally played an important role, especially on the Baltic coast in resorts such as Kolberg, Świnoujście, Międzyzdroje and Others
Other attractions are eg Drawskie, Persante, Ihna, Drava National Park, Monastery Kolbatz and cities of Szczecin, Stargard, Szczecinek, Police, Goleniów, Darłowo, Barlinek, Pyrzyce, Myślibórz Gryfice, Trzebiatów, Kamien Pomorski Połczyn -Zdrój, Chojna, Wolin, Insko and Nowe Warpno.
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Aviation
- NSZZ " Solidarność " Airport Szczecin - Goleniów
- Airport Szczecin - Altdamm