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| '''Pyrzyce''' (]: Pyritz), is a town in ], north-western ], |
'''Pyrzyce''' (]: Pyritz), is a town in ], north-western ], with some 11,000 inhabitants (1980) | ||
| Capital of the ] in ](since 1999), previously in ] (1975-1998). | |||
| == History == | == History == | ||
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Pyrzyce (German: Pyritz), is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, with some 11,000 inhabitants (1980)
Capital of the Pyrzyce County in West Pomeranian Voivodship(since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodship (1975-1998).
History
An anonymous medieval document of ca. 850, called Bavarian Geographer mentions the tribe of Pyritzans who have 70 strongholds (Prissani civitates LXX. )
Population
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 5,500 inbabitants
1970: 8,800 inbabitants
1975: 10,800 inbabitants
1980: 11,600 inbabitants
1990: ? inbabitants
2000: ? inbabitants