Wejherowo

Also known as Neustadt in Westpreußen, Wejrowò

Wejherowo (; formerly ) is a city in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 48,735 inhabitants (2021). It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was a city in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998).

Key facts

Settlement.name: Wejherowo
Settlement.native_name: Wejrowò
Settlement.native_name_lang: csb
Settlement.image_flag: POL Wejherowo flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Wejherowo COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Wejherowo
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Wejherowo (urban gmina)
Settlement.leader_title: City mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Krzysztof Hildebrandt
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1643
Settlement.established_title3: City rights

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Wikidata facts

Population: 45014
Area: 25.65
Official website: www.wejherowo.pl
Image: Wejherowo aerial view.jpg

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postal code: 84-200
Commons category: Wejherowo
Commons gallery: Wejherowo
inception: 1643-00-00
P6482: Wejherowo
male population: 22831
female population: 24526

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==Geographical location== Wejherowo is located in Pomeralia, in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia, approximately west of the town of Rumia, east of the town of Lębork and north-west of the regional metropole of Gdańsk, in the broad glacial valley of the river Rheda at an altitude of above sea level.