Kościerzyna is a town in Kashubia or Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants.

Capital of Koscierzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously a town in Gdansk Voivodship (1975-1998).

The town crest is a bear, derived from the town's name Berent in Westprussia/Eastprussia in Germany.

Population

1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 10,900 inhabitants
1970: 15,100 inhabitants
1975: 17,100 inhabitants
1980: 18,700 inhabitants
1990: 22,700 inhabitants
1995: 23,100 inhabitants
1998: 23,500 inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants

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