Tricity

For other tricities see Tri-Cities

Map of the Tricity area

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

Contents

1 Welfare
2 Population
3 Education
4 Transport
5 External links

Welfare

Tricity belongs to the agglomerations in Poland with the highest number of rich taxpayers. Nearly 35% belongs to the middle and high taxable income groups (average for Poland 10%). Accordingly 11.39% of taxpayers belong to highest taxable income group in Gdańsk, 11.08% in Gdynia and 13.40% in Sopot (Polish average 3%).

Population

The total population of the 3 cities comprising 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 the annual increase was 0.20%).

Largest European metropolitan areas

The Tricity continuous urban area includes following neighbouring cities:
city area
1996
km² area
1999-2003
km² 1996 1999 2003
Gdańsk 262.03 262.03 462,336 457,937 461,011
Gdynia 135.49 135.49 251,932 255,014 253,500
Sopot 17.31 17.31 43,360 42,333 41,017
Pruszcz Gdański 16.47 16.47 21,470 21,757 23,187
Reda 26.39 29.45 15,422 17,510 17,868
Wejherowo 25.65 25.65 47,357 47,038 46,900
Total 513.42 516.48 882,871 884,080 885,240

city	area 1996 km²	area 1999-2003 km²	1996	1999	2003
Gdańsk	262.03	262.03	462,336	457,937	461,011
Gdynia	135.49	135.49	251,932	255,014	253,500
Sopot	17.31	17.31	43,360	42,333	41,017
Pruszcz Gdański	16.47	16.47	21,470	21,757	23,187
Reda	26.39	29.45	15,422	17,510	17,868
Wejherowo	25.65	25.65	47,357	47,038	46,900
Total	513.42	516.48	882,871	884,080	885,240

Gdańsk

Sopot

Gdynia

(average growth 1996-2003 0.05%)

Largest urban areas of the European Union

Education

The Tricity is an important center of education.

Gdańsk: Number of universities: 14 (2001) Number of students: 60,436 (2001) Number of graduates: 10,439 (2001)
Gdynia: Number of universities: 7 (2003) Number of students: 13,362

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, Rumia and Reda 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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