Pruszcz Gdański ' is a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in Gdańsk Pomerania

Gdańsk Pomerania

For the medieval duchy, see Pomeranian duchies and dukesGdańsk Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania is a geographical region in northern Poland covering eastern part of Pomeranian Voivodeship...

, northwestern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 with 26834 inhabitants (2010). Pruszcz Gdański is an industrial town neighbouring Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

, part of the Tricity agglomeration

Agglomeration

In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. In France, INSEE the French Statistical Institute, translate it as "Unité urbaine" which means continuous...

. The Tricity Circle Highway begins in Pruszcz Gdański.

The capital of Gdańsk County

Gdansk County

Gdańsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. It includes areas to the east and south of the city of Gdańsk, from...

 in Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

 since 1999, Pruszcz Gdański was previously a town in the Gdańsk Voivodeship

Gdansk Voivodeship

The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.----Gdańsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship...

 (1975-1998). During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Pruszcz Gdański was the location of Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

's Praust concentration camp, a female subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp

Stutthof concentration camp

Stutthof was the first Nazi concentration camp built outside of 1937 German borders.Completed on September 2, 1939, it was located in a secluded, wet, and wooded area west of the small town of Sztutowo . The town is located in the former territory of the Free City of Danzig, 34 km east of...

.

Polskie Koleje Państwowe

Polskie Koleje Panstwowe

is the dominant railway operator in Poland.The company was founded when the former state-owned operator was divided into several units based on the requirements laid down by the European Union...

 has a railway station

Pruszcz Gdanski (PKP station)

-Lines crossing the station:- References :*Pruszcz Gdański article at , URL accessed at 1 March 2006...

 in the town.

Education

Schools:

• Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1
• Liceum Ogólnokształcące
• Gimnazjum nr 1
• Zespół Szkół nr 2 w Pruszczu Gdańskim
  School Group no. 2 in Pruszcz Gdański
  School Group no. 2 in Pruszcz Gdański – public school situated in Pruszcz Gdański in Pomeranian Voivodeship. The group of schools contains primary school and gimnazjum . The school principal is Urszula Niklas. The patron of the school is Nicolaus Copernicus.- External links :* *...
  
   - School website
• Szkoła Podstawowa nr 3
• Zespół Szkół nr 4
• Katolickie Szkoły Niepubliczne im. Jana Pawła II - School website
• Prywatna Szkoła Muzyczna I stopnia

Preschools:

• Przedszkole Publiczne nr 3
• Niepubliczne Przedszkole im. Janusza Korczaka
• Niepubliczne Przedszkole „Promyczek”
• Niepubliczne Przedszkole „ Bajeczka”
• Niepubliczne Przedszkole „Jedyneczka”
• Niepubliczne przedszkole „Czwóreczka”

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

• Municipal website