Pruszcz Gdański

Infobox Settlement
name = Pruszcz Gdański
imagesize = 250px
image_shield = POL Pruszcz Gdański COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Gdańsk
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Pruszcz Gdański (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Janusz Wróbel
established_title = Established
established_date = 14th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1941
area_total_km2 = 16.47
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 23986
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 54 | latm = 16 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 38 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 83-000
area_code = +48 58
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GDA
website = http://www.pruszcz-gdanski.pl/ Pruszcz Gdański [IPA-pl|'|p|r|u|sz|cz|-|'|g|d|a|ń|s|k|i] ( _de. Praust; _cs. Pruszcz Gduńsczi) is a town in Gdańsk Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 23 529 inhabitants (2004). Pruszcz Gdański is an industrial town neighbouring Gdańsk, part of the Tricity agglomeration. The Tricity Circle Highway begins in Pruszcz Gdański.

The capital of Gdańsk County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, Pruszcz Gdański was previously a town in the Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975-1998). During World War II, Pruszcz Gdański was the location of Nazi Germany's Praust concentration camp, a female subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp.

Polskie Koleje Państwowe has a railway station in the town.

Population

*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: 22,200 inhabitants

External links

* [http://www.pruszcz-gdanski.pl/ Municipal website] pl icon