Wejherowo County

Wejherowo County flag

Wejherowo County (Polish: Powiat wejherowski) is the most populated countryside county in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

Area: 1,280 km²
Population: 184,000
Capital: Wejherowo
Cities: Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia
Rural communes: Choczewo, Gniewino, Linia, Luzino, Leczyce, Szemud, Wejherowo (rural commune)

Wejherowo County partly belongs to the Tricity agglomeration of over 1 million people.

Many local Poles fell victim to German extermination policies during World War II. The county is the location of a mass murder site in Piasnica with some 66,000 murders counted.

Demographics

*Inhabitants: 61,620 (1910)
**Protestants: 17,294 (28%)
**Catholics: 43,782 (71%)
*In 1900, 41% of population declared Kashub language and 11.2% declared Polish language.

In the 1907 elections for the three counties Kartuzy County, Wejherowo County and Puck County 65.5% of votes were for Polish parties; in 1912 64.5%.

External link

*Wejherowo County website – (Polish language)