Pomorzany
Pomorzany | |
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Municipal neighbourhood | |
Apartment buildings in Pomorzany, at the corner of Powstańców Wielkopolskich Avenue and Frysztacka Street, in 2010. | |
Location within Szczecin | |
| Coordinates: 53°23′58″N 14°31′34″E / 53.39944°N 14.52611°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
| City and county | Szczecin |
| District | West |
| Seat | 1 Włościańska Street |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 20,505 |
| • Density | 2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 91 |
| Car plates | ZS |
Pomorzany (Polish: [pɔ.mɔˈʐa.nɘ̟]; German until 1945: Pommerensdorf ['pɔməʁ.ɛns.dɔrf]) is a municipal neighbourhood of Szczecin, Poland, located within the West district. It is a mid-rise housing estate dominated by tenement houses. Pomorzany has an area of 7.1 km2, and in 2022, was inhabited by 20,505 people, making it the fourth most populous neighbourhood. It is a residential neighbourhood with mid-rise apartment buildings, which also features numerous factories.
The first traces of human activity in the area of today's Pomorzany date from the late Neolithic period. The human settlement stabilised in the area in the 8th century, and the village of Pomorzany was first attested in the documents in 1253. Its northern part was incorporated into the city in 1864, and the rest, in 1939. In the second half of the 19th century, numerous factories were opened in the neighbourhood. Beginning in the 1960s, several mid-rise housing estates with apartment buildings were developed in the neighbourhood.