Słupsk (pronounce: Slupsk.ogg, German Stolp) is a city in Middle Pomerania region and the capital of the region, in north-western Poland with some 100,000 inhabitants. It is also the capital of Slupsk County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously the capital of the Slupsk Voivodship (1975-1998)

It is a beautiful town only about 20 km from the Baltic sea. In relation to one of its more well known neighbours, it is about 120 km west of Gdansk.

Contents

1 History 1.1 Historical population 2 Education 3 Sports 4 Facilities 5 Politics 5.1 Gdynia/Slupsk constituency 6 External links:

History

Historical population

1939: 48.200 inhabitants (mostly German)
1945:ca 7.000 inhabitants (inc. 800 Poles)
1950: 33.100 inhabitants (mostly Polish)
1960: 53.400 inhabitants
1970: 68.900 inhabitants
1975: 77.600 inhabitants
1980: 86.100 inhabitants
1990: 101.200 inhabitants
1995: 102.700 inhabitants
1999: 102,370 inhabitants
2003: 99,987 inhabitants

Education

• Pomorska Akademia Pedagogiczna(Pomeranian Pedagogical University)page
• Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania

Sports

• Czarni Słupsk - men basketball team, 9th in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.

Facilities

Near Slupsk there is the static invertor station of the HVDC link Swepol.

Politics

Gdynia/Slupsk constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Gdynia/Slupsk constituency

• Dorota Arciszewska-Mielewczyk , PO
• Jerzy Budnik , PO
• Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka , SLD-UP
• Stanisław Kalinowski , PSL
• Jacek Kowalik , SLD-UP
• Kazimierz Plocke , PO
• Andrzej Różański, SLD-UP
• Joanna Senyszyn , SLD-UP
• Jan Sieńko, SLD-UP
• Robert Strąk , LPR
• Jolanta Szczypińska , PiS
• Władysław Szkop , SLD-UP
• Donald Tusk, PO
• Wiesław Walendziak , PiS
• Lech Zielonka , Samoobrona

External links:

• Official web-site
• Museum of Central Pomerania
• Moje Miasto Slupsk newspaper (Polish)