page_title: West Pomeranian Voivodeship
section_title: Cities and towns
hierarchical_section_title: West Pomeranian Voivodeship / Cities and towns
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Najważniejsze zabytki Chojny: dawny ratusz i Kościół Mariacki
context_page_description: West Pomeranian Voivodeship or West Pomerania Province in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-states of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Brandenburg to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin.
  It was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former Szczecin and Koszalin Voivodeships and parts of other neighboring voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It is named for the historical region of Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze). In spite of the name ("West Pomeranian"), the voivodeship does not include the most westerly parts of historical Pomerania, which lie in Germany's Vorpommern (see Western Pomerania).
  The name "Pomerania" comes from the Slavic "po more", meaning "Land by the Sea".
context_section_description: The voivodeship contains 64 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006):
  Szczecin (410,809)
  Koszalin (107,783)
  Stargard (70,534)
  Kołobrzeg (44,794)
  Świnoujście (40,899)
  Szczecinek (38,756)
  Police (34,284)
  Wałcz (26,140)
  Białogard (24,339)
  Goleniów (22,448)
  Gryfino (21,478)
  Nowogard (16,745)
  Gryfice (16,702)
  Choszczno (15,753)
  Świdwin (15,637)
  Darłowo (14,380)
  Barlinek (14,156)
  Dębno (13,903)
  Złocieniec (13,377)
  Sławno (13,314)
  Pyrzyce (12,642)
  Myślibórz (11,867)
  Drawsko Pomorskie (11,465)
  Łobez (10,617)
  Trzebiatów (10,113)
  Kamień Pomorski (9,134)
  Połczyn-Zdrój (8,572)
  Chojna (7,187)
  Czaplinek (6,933)
  Sianów (6,543)
  Karlino (5,794)
  Międzyzdroje (5,436)
  Wolin (4,878)
  Bobolice (4,446)
  Resko (4,377)
  Borne Sulinowo (4,224)
  Płoty (4,142)
  Lipiany (4,124)
  Kalisz Pomorski (3,989)
  Barwice (3,838)
  Mieszkowice (3,553)
  Chociwel (3,285)
  Maszewo (3,073)
  Węgorzyno (3,011)
  Recz (2,995)
  Polanów (2,967)
  Dziwnów (2,949)
  Golczewo (2,724)
  Pełczyce (2,698)
  Mirosławiec (2,633)
  Tychowo (c. 2,500)
  Trzcińsko-Zdrój (2,496)
  Gościno (2,430)
  Dobrzany (2,420)
  Drawno (2,399)
  Człopa (2,390)
  Biały Bór (2,127)
  Dobra (2,028)
  Ińsko (2,001)
  Tuczno (1,965)
  Cedynia (1,653)
  Moryń (1,570)
  Suchań (1,446)
  Nowe Warpno (1,170)
  Międzywodzie (1,000)
  The Polish districts of the historical region Western Pomerania (the 3 westernmost districts of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship) had a population of about 520,000 in 2012 (cities of Szczecin, Świnoujście and Police County combined) – while the German districts had a population of about 470,000 in 2012 (Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald combined). So overall, about 1 million people live in the historical region of Western Pomerania today, while the Szczecin agglomeration reaches even further.
caption: Gothic town hall, Chojna, built by Germans in 1320, when the town was known as Königsberg in der Neumark
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