Chylonia | |
Settlement Type: | District of Gdynia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County/City |
Subdivision Name2: | Gdynia |
Established Title: | Within city limits |
Established Date: | 1930 |
Coordinates: | 54.5422°N 18.4656°W |
Area Total Km2: | 3.84 |
Population Total: | 20,450 |
Population As Of: | 2022[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | GA |
Chylonia is a district of Gdynia, Poland,[2] located in the northern part of the city.
Chylonia was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]
During the German occupation of Poland in World War II, in 1939, the occupiers operated a temporary transit camp for expelled Poles in Chylonia.[4]
The Gdynia Chylonia and Gdynia Leszczynki railway stations are located in Chylonia.