Gryfino

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Gryfino
Gate in Gryfino
Gate in Gryfino
Flag of Gryfino
Flag
Coat of arms of Gryfino
Coat of arms
Gryfino is located in Poland
Gryfino
Gryfino
Coordinates: 53°15′N 14°29′E / 53.25°N 14.483°E / 53.25; 14.483
Country  Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County Gryfino County
Gmina Gmina Gryfino
Government
 - Mayor Henryk Piłat
Area
 - Total 9.58 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 21,478
 - Density 2,242/km2 (5,806.7/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 74-100
Car plates ZGR
Website http://www.gryfino.pl

Gryfino [ɡrɨˈfinɔ] (German: Greifenhagen; Kashubian: Grëfino; Pomeranian: Gripenhagen) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,500 inhabitants (2004). It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975-1998).

The town is located on the Odra Wschodnia (Reglitz), the eastern branch of the Oder river, about 20 km south of the pomeranian capital Szczecin (Stettin). The western branch of the Oder, 2 km away of the town center, marks the border to Germany since 1945. There is a straight road link between Gryfino and the German town of Mescherin across the two rivers.

[edit] Population

1875: 6,759
1890: 6,692
1925: 8,184
1939: 9,855[1]
1960: 5,300 inbabitants
1970: 7,400 inbabitants
1975: 10,800 inbabitants
1980: 15,300 inbabitants
1990: 21,000 inbabitants
1995: 22,100 inbabitants
2004: 22,500 inbabitants

[edit] Towns near Gryfino

[edit] References

Coordinates: 53°15′N 14°29′E / 53.25°N 14.483°E / 53.25; 14.483


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