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Tricity

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For other tricities see Tri-Cities

Map of the Tricity area

Tricity (also called the Treble City, in Polish Trójmiasto) is the metropolitan area consisting of the three Polish cities Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated very close to each other on the coast of the Gdansk Bay on the Baltic Sea, in Eastern Pomerania (Pomeranian Voivodship), northern Poland. The Tricity metropolitan area has population of over 1 million people.

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Population

The total population of 3 cities making up Tricity (Gdańsk + Gdynia + Sopot):

1960: 481,100 inhabitants (286,900 + 150,200 + 44,000)
1970: 604,800 inhabitants (365,600 + 191,500 + 47,700)
1975: 693,800 inhabitants (421,000 + 221,100 + 51,700)
1980: 744,400 inhabitants (456,700 + 236,400 + 51,300)
2004: 754,960 inhabitants (460,524 + 253,650 + 40,785)

The Tricity metropolitan area also includes Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia, Tczew, Pruszcz Gdański and several other communities. The total population in 2004 was 1,041,066, in an area of 1332.5 km². (Compare: in 2001 1,035,000, so increased at rate 0.20% yearly).

Largest European metropolitan areas

The Tricity continous urban area includes following neighbouring cities: area 1996 area 1999-2003 1996 1999 2003

Pruszcz Gdanski 1.647 1.647 21.470 21.757 23.187

Gdansk 26.203 26.203 462.336 457.937 461.011

Gdynia 13.549 13.549 251.932 255.014 253.500

Sopot 1.731 1.731 43.360 42.333 41.017

Reda 2.639 2.945 15.422 17.510 17.868

Rumia 3.008 3.008 40.994 42.491 44.125

Wejherowo 2.565 2.565 47.357 47.038 44.532

51.342 51.648 882.871 884.080 885.240

(avarage growth 1996-2003 0.05%)

Largest urban areas of the European Union

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Education

The Tricity is an important center of education.

Gdańsk: Number of universities: 10 (2001) Number of students: 60,436 (2001) Number of graduates: 10,439 (2001)
Gdynia: Number of universities: 7 (2003) Number of students: 13,362

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Transport

Tricity has a well-developed transport system. In addition, each city has its own transport system. Here is described only the common part of the system.

Development of the Tricity was smoothed by the construction of the city train (SKM) 1951, binding the whole area from Tczew by Gdańsk, Sopot 1953, Gdynia 1956, Reda, Rumia to Wejherowo 1957.

The backbone of the Tricity is the Inner Highway. It starts in Gdańsk and goes through Sopot, Gdynia, Reda and Rumia to Wejherowo. It consists from 2-4 lanes in each direction. Despite the fact that the traffic is stopped on the lights, it remains the main traffic route in the agglomeration.

In 1975 the Circle Highway was constructed. It starts in Pruszcz Gdański and goes through Gdańsk to Gdynia-Chylonia. The Circle has 2 (and in parts 3) lanes in each direction. Recently the highway was upgraded to the standard of the non-collision highway. The extension of the Circle is planned in the northern part, since it is obvious that the existing highway to Wejherowo will be overcrowded by 2005.

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