{"id":9639,"date":"2013-10-31T15:31:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T13:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/?p=9639"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:32:39","slug":"zachodniopomorskie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/polish-regions\/voivodships\/zachodniopomorskie\/","title":{"rendered":"zachodniopomorskie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/dlaczego_polska\/regiony\/wojewodztwa\/zachodniopomorskie\">PL<\/a> | EN<\/b><\/div><br>\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" bordercolor=\"#eeeeee\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\nTotal area of the voivodeship<\/td>\n<td>\n22 892 km<sup>2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nPopulation:<br>&#8211; in urban areas<\/td>\n<td>\n1698.3 thous.<br>67.1%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nPopulation density<\/td>\n<td>\n74 persons\/km<sup>2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nVoivodeship capital <\/td>\n<td>\nSzczecin<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nOther big towns in the voivodeship<\/td>\n<td>\nKoszalin, Stargard, Ko\u0142obrzeg, \u015awinouj\u015bcie, Szczecinek, Police, Wa\u0142cz, Bia\u0142ogard, Goleni\u00f3w, Gryfino<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nSpecial Economic Zones<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/polish_investment_zone\/kostrzyn\">Kostrzyn-Slubice &#187;<\/a><br><a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/polish_investment_zone\/slupsk\">S\u0142upsk &#187;<\/a><br><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nIndustrial &amp; Technology Parks<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/industrial_and_technology_parks\/goleniow\">Goleni\u00f3w Industrial Park &#187;<\/a><br><a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/industrial_and_technology_parks\/stargard_ip\">Stargard Industrial Park &#187;<\/a><br><a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/industrial_and_technology_parks\/stargard_htip\">High Technologies Industrial Park in Stargard &#187;<\/a><br><a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/industrial_and_technology_parks\/koszalin\">Technology Park in Koszalin &#187;<\/a> <br>Koszalin Business Activity Zone<br><a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/industrial_and_technology_parks\/gryfino\">Regional Park in Gryfino &#187;<\/a><br><a href=\"\/en\/why_poland\/investment_incentives\/industrial_and_technology_parks\/bialogard\">Bia\u0142ogard Investment Park &#8220;Invest-Park&#8221; &#187;<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nInvestor and Exporter Assistance Centre<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/polish_regions\/coie\/\">Szczecin &#187;<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td>PAIH\u2019s Regional Trade Office<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/regionalne_biura_handlowe\/rbh_szczecin\/\">Szczecin &#187;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td>\nInternational airport<\/td>\n<td>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/airport.com.pl\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goleni\u00f3w &#187;<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n<br>\n<b>Publication<\/b>\n<br><br>\n\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Polish-Cities-unlocking-the-potential-Szczecin-2026.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 325px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Polish-Cities-unlocking-the-potential-Szczecin-2026_poziom.jpg\" alt=\"Polish Cities - unlocking the potential - Szczecin, 2026\" title=\"Polish Cities - unlocking the potential - Szczecin, 2026\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Polish Cities &#8211; unlocking the potential <br>&#8211; Szczecin, 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\"><br>West Pomerania&#8217;s economy depends on its location &#8211; direct access to the Baltic Sea (through the port of Szczecin), and proximity to Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Distance between Szczecin &#8211; European seaport and the capital of the province, and Berlin is only 130 km. The region, primarily associated with the shipbuilding industry and agriculture, today develops various sectors of the economy, especially those related to advanced technologies. Region as more and more uses renewable energy sources, which can be observed by increasing the number of wind turbines and thermal power plants.<br><br><b>Map of the Voivodeship against the map of the country<\/b>\n\n<\/p><div id=\"mapy\">\n<div class=\"mapySSE\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"map of Poland\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/0\/147201\/147222.svg\" style=\"padding:10px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mapySSE\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Voivodeship map\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/0\/147201\/147221.svg\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding:10px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<br>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><br>Investment opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">direct access to the sea<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">situated at the junction of important international transport routes (North-South and West-East)<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">sited alongside the inside border of European Union with Germany<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">proximity of EU and Scandinavian markets<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">strong industrial base, including seaports<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">large rural and forest areas<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">well developed higher education and science<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">dynamic expansion of business service institutions<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">rapidly-expanding private sector including services<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">well-developed agrotourist infrastructure<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">good ferryboats links with Scandinavia<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n\n<div align=\"justify\">access to inland navigation routes towards Lower Silesia and Berlin<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><br>Sectors with huge potential<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Services of the Future (ICT, KPO, R+D, BPO, IT)<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Maritime operations and Logistics<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Machinery and metal industry<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Bio-economy<\/div>\n<\/li><li>\n\n<div align=\"justify\">Tourism and Health<br><br><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<!--<p align=\"justify\"><strong><br>Files:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a title=\"Informacje gospodarcze o wojew\u00f3dztwie\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/0\/112001\/112001.pdf\" tagert=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"absMiddle\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/0\/104301\/104400.gif\" border=\"0\">Economic information about voivodship<\/a><\/p>-->\n\n\n\n\n<a title=\"back\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/polish_regions\/voivodships\/\" class=\"button_back\">back<\/a>\n\n<style>\n\n#mapy {\ndisplay: block;\nwidth: 100%;\n}\n.mapySSE {\ndisplay: inline-block;\nmax-width:400px;\nheight: auto;\nmargin: 0 auto;\n}\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PL | EN Total area of the voivodeship 22 892 km2 Population:&#8211; in urban areas 1698.3 thous.67.1% Population density 74 persons\/km2 Voivodeship capital Szczecin Other big towns in the voivodeship Koszalin, Stargard, Ko\u0142obrzeg, \u015awinouj\u015bcie, Szczecinek, Police, Wa\u0142cz, Bia\u0142ogard, Goleni\u00f3w, Gryfino Special Economic Zones Kostrzyn-Slubice &#187;S\u0142upsk &#187; Industrial &amp; Technology Parks Goleni\u00f3w Industrial Park &#187;Stargard Industrial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":9109,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":{"template_hide_top_photo":false,"template_btn_contact_disable":false,"template_btn_contact_link":"","template_btn_contact_text":"","_hide_from_search_wp":false,"_hide_from_search_engines":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9639"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206152,"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9639\/revisions\/206152"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paih.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}