Wejherowo | |
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Coordinates: 54°36′N 18°15′E / 54.600°N 18.250°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | ![]() |
County | Wejherowo |
Gmina | Wejherowo (urban gmina) |
Established | 1643 |
City rights | 1650 |
Named for | Jakub Wejher |
Government | |
• City mayor | Krzysztof Hildebrandt |
Area | |
• City | 26.99 km2 (10.42 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 49,505 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
• Metro | 130,000 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 84-200 to 84-204 |
Area code | +48 58 |
Car plates | GWE |
Website | www.wejherowo.pl |
Wejherowo [vɛi̯xɛˈrɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Wejrowò; formerly German: Neustadt in Westpreußen) 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).