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Tricity

Tricity (also called the Treble City, in Polish Trójmiasto) is the metropolitan area consisting of the three Polish cities Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated very close to each other on the coast of the Baltic Sea, in Eastern Pomerania which is in northern Poland.

The Tricity metropolitan area, located in Pomeranian Voivodship, also includes Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia, Tczew, Pruszcz Gdanski and several communities. Total population (2001): 1035,000; area 1332,5 kmē.

Population

Tricity total (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)
2001: 761,000 inhabitants