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'''Ustka''' (] |
'''Ustka''' (-]; ]/]: ''Ùstka''; ]: ''Stolpmünde''), is a town in ] ] region, northwestern ] with 17,100 inhabitants (]). Ii is also part of ] in ] since ], previously in ] (]-]). | ||
Popular tourist destination and a fishing port on the south coasts of the ]. | Popular tourist destination and a fishing port on the south coasts of the ]. | ||
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The eastern part is older and is currently focusing most of the tourist traffic. However, an extremely costly beach maintanance makes the western part more and more popular. | The eastern part is older and is currently focusing most of the tourist traffic. However, an extremely costly beach maintanance makes the western part more and more popular. | ||
In the proximity of Ustka is a military exercise area from which at the end of the |
In the proximity of Ustka is a military exercise area from which at the end of the ] and at the beginning of the ] some sounding rockets of the type ] was launched. | ||
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Ustka (-Polish; Kashubian/Pomeranian: Ùstka; German: Stolpmünde), is a town in Middle Pomerania region, northwestern Poland with 17,100 inhabitants (2001). Ii is also part of Slupsk County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Slupsk Voivodship (1975-1998).
Popular tourist destination and a fishing port on the south coasts of the Baltic.
Monuments: lighthouse from 1871 and church from 1882. The first historic records mention the village of Ujsc or Ujscie in 1310.
The eastern part is older and is currently focusing most of the tourist traffic. However, an extremely costly beach maintanance makes the western part more and more popular.
In the proximity of Ustka is a military exercise area from which at the end of the 1960s and at the beginning of the 1970s some sounding rockets of the type meteor was launched.
Population
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 6.100 inhabitants
1970: 9.500 inhabitants
1975: 12.400 inhabitants
1980: 15.200 inhabitants
1990: ? inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants
2001: 17.100
External links
- http://www.energetyk.ustka.pl/ustan/wypoczynek.html
- http://www.polishsea.com/polski/www/?kat=Ustka&lang=EN
- Ustka mermaid
- Ustka wants bigger bust for Mermaid
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