Chełm | |
Settlement Type: | Gdańsk District |
Coordinates: | 54.3247°N 18.6158°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County/City |
Subdivision Name2: | Gdańsk |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3.89 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 32242 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | +48 58 |
Registration Plate: | GD |
Chełm (pronounced as /pl/; German: Stolzenberg)[2] is an administrative district (dzielnica administracyjna) of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. It got its final shape in 2019.
From the north, the quarter is bordered by the districts of Siedlce and Śródmieście, from the east by Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce, from the south by Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe and Ujeścisko-Łostowice and from the west by Wzgórze Mickiewicza.
The quarters of Chełm are:
Quarters of the larger district Chełm transferred to Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe had been:
As part of the Kingdom of Poland it was a private church village of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]
During the German occupation (World War II), a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B prisoner-of-war camp was operated in the district.[4] On average, the Germans held about 600 Allied POWs in the camp.[4]
In 2010, the fast growing district of Chełm i Gdańsk Południe with a population of about 72,000 has been divided in the districts of Chełm and Ujeścisko-Łostowice. When Chełm reached a population of 51,000, the city council decided on August 30, 2018, for a second division in the smaller district of Chełm and the district Orunia Górna-Gdańsk Południe. The new district was created on March 24, 2019.[5] [6]
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