It is a beautiful town only about twenty kilometers from the Baltic sea. In relation to one of its more well known neighbours, it is about 120 kms west of Gdansk.

Population

1939: 48.200 inhabitants (mostly German)
1945:ca 7.000 inhabitants (inc. 800 Poles)
1950: 33.100 inhabitants (mostly Polish)
1960: 53.400 inhabitants
1970: 68.900 inhabitants
1975: 77.600 inhabitants
1980: 86.100 inhabitants
1990: 101.200 inhabitants
1995: 102.700 inhabitants
1990: ?
1999: 102,370 inhabitants
2000: ?

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