Starogard Gda?ski (German Preussisch Stargard) is a town in Eastern Pomerania in north-western Poland with 50,700 inhabitants (1998). The distance to Tricity (Polish Trjmiasto), 1 milion aglomeration on the coast of Gdansk Bay is 50 km.
It is the capital of Starogard County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously a town in Gdansk Voivodship (1975-1998). Car registration numbers start with GST.
Starogard is the biggest city of the region called Kociewie and populated by Kociewiacy.
Name
Name of Starogard means Old City. Historically there were 3 Starogards: Stargard Szczecinski and Stargard in present day Schleswig-Holstein called today Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein.
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Pruszcz Gda?ski (see also Cities alternative names) is a city in Eastern Pomerania, north-western Poland with some 21,200 inhabitants (1995). Pruszcz is an industrial town, neighbouring to Gda?sk, part of Tricity aglomeration. In Pruszcz starts Tricity circle highway.
Capital of Gda?sk County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously a town in Gda?sk Voivodship (1975-1998). Pruszcz Gda?ski was a location for the German concentration camp Praust that was a female subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof.
Population
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 7,800 inhabitants
1970: 13,100 inhabitants
1975: 16,200 inhabitants
1980: 18,500 inhabitants
1990: 21,100 inhabitants
1995: 21,200 inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants
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