Miastko

Miastko
Miastko in 2009
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Miastko
Coordinates: 54°1′N 16°59′E / 54.017°N 16.983°E / 54.017; 16.983
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Bytów
Gmina	Miastko
Government
• Mayor	Roman Ramion
Area
• Total	5.68 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	10,738
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Postal code	77-200
Website	http://www.miastko.pl/

Miastko, Church of Our Lady, July 2004

Miastko [ˈmʲastkɔ] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Miastkò; German: Rummelsburg), is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northwestern Poland. Administratively it has since 1999 been part of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship; previously (1975-1998) it had been in Słupsk Voivodeship.

History

Before 1945 the town belonged to the Prussian Province of Pomerania. On 2 March 1945, it was taken by the Red Army, after which it was placed under Polish administration.

Population

• 1950: aprx. 1,500
• 1960: 5,500
• 1970: 8,100
• 1975: 9,800
• 1980: 10,000
• 2004: 12,000
• 2016: 10,738

Notable residents

• Julius Heinrich Franz (1847 – 1913), German astronomer
• Lothar Bisky (born 1941), politician
• Tadeusz Sapierzyński (b. 1958), soldier
• Max Schmeling (28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005), boxer who was heavy weight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932

International relations

Twin towns - sister cities

Miastko is twinned with:

• Soltau-Fallingbostel, Germany
• Périers, France

Coordinates: 54°01′N 16°59′E / 54.017°N 16.983°E / 54.017; 16.983

Gmina Miastko
Town and Seat	Miastko
Villages and Settlements	Biała Białuń Bobięcino Borzykowo Byczyna Chlebowo Cicholas Cieszanowo Cisy Czarnica Dolsko Domanice Dretynek-Trzcinno Dretyń Gatka Głodowo Gołębsko Gomole Grądzień Jeżewsko Kamnica Kawcze Kawczyn Klewno Kołacin Kowalewice-Okunino Krzeszewo Kwisno-Szydlice Lipczyno Lubkowo Łaziska Łąkoć Łodzierz Łosośniki Malęcino Męciny Miłocice Obrowo Okunino-Kowalewice Olszewiec Ostrowo Pasieka Piaszczyna Ponikła Popowice Potok Potok-Młyn Pożyczki Przemkowo Przeradz Przęsin Role-Żabno Słosinko Stachowo Studnica Szydlice-Kwisno Świerzenko Świerznik Świerzno Świeszynko Świeszyno Toczeń Trzcinno-Dretynek Trzebieszyno Turowo Tursko Wałdowo Węglewo Węgorzynko Wiatrołom Wołcza Mała Wołcza Wielka Zadry Zajączkowo Znakowo Żabno-Role Żarna