Tricity, or Tri-City (; , ; ; German: Dreistadt) is a metropolitan area in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, consisting of three contiguous coastal cities in Pomerelia forming a row on the coastline of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, namely the cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot, along with other cities and towns in their vicinity. In 2021, the three core cities were inhabited by 749 786 people, while the Tricity together with its metropolitan area had a combined population of between 1 and 1.5 million, depending on the definition of the boundaries of the latter.
The designation has been used informally or semi-formally only. A strategic cooperation declaration, the Tricity Charter (Polish: Karta Trójmiasta), was signed by the three city mayors on 28 March 2007. The only incorporated common management authority in the Tricity metro is the Gdańsk Bay Public Transport Metropolitan Union () which is, despite the name, an inter-municipal union and not a metropolitan one.
Economy
Nearly 35% of taxpayers from Tricity are in the middle and high taxable income groups (average for Poland 10%). Approximately 12% of Tricity taxpayers are in the highest taxable income group (Polish average 3%).
Population
The total population of the 3 cities comprising Tricity (Gdańsk + Gdynia + Sopot): XII.1960: 481,100 inhabitants (286,900 + 150,200 + 44,000) XII.1970: 604,800 inhabitants (365,600 + 191,500 + 47,700) XII.1975: 693,800 inhabitants (421,000 + 221,100 + 51,700) XII.1980: 744,400 inhabitants (456,700 + 236,400 + 51,300) XII.2004: 754,960 inhabitants (460,524 + 253,650 + 40,785) XII.2006: 748,126 inhabitants (456,658 + 251,844 + 39,624) XII.2019: 752,954 inhabitants (470,907 + 246,348 + 35,719) XII.2021: 749,786 inhabitants (470,633 + 244,104 + 35,049) The Tricity metropolitan area also includes Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia, Pruszcz Gdański, and several other communities. The total population in 2006 was 1,100,500, in an area of 1580.69 km2.
Largest urban areas of the European Union
Largest European metropolitan areas
The Tricity continuous urban area includes following cities:
According to official EU publication the population of Larger Urban Zone of Tricity is 1,098,379.
Education
The Tricity is an important center of education. Gdańsk: Number of universities: 13 (2010) Number of students: 52,436 (2009) Number of graduates: 10,439 (2001) Gdynia: Number of universities: 7 (2010) Number of students: 21,362 (2010)
Some of the universities in the Tricity: Academy of Physical Education in Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk Academy of Music in Gdańsk Gdynia Maritime University Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia Medical University of Gdańsk University of Gdańsk Gdańsk University of Technology SWPS University in Sopot Sopot University of Applied Sciences Gdańsk School of Banking Gdańsk Management College Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities Gdańsk Administration School Social Economic Higher School in Gdańsk The Higher School of Tourism and Hotel Industry in Gdańsk Academy of International Economic and Political Relations in Gdynia Kwiatkowski University of Business and Administration in Gdynia Pomeranian Higher School of Humanities in Gdynia The Higher School of Physical Culture and Tourism in Sopot Sopot College
Entertainment
Cinemas:
Gdańsk Film Centre (studio cinemas; all three closed in 2015) Helikon Kameralne Neptun Helios Gdynia Kameralne Cafe Kinoplex Multikino Gdynia (closed in 2018) Multikino Gdańsk Multikino Sopot Multikino Rumia Polonia Żak
Theatres:
Wybrzeże Theatre
Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre in Gdynia
Witold Gombrowicz Municipal Theatre in Gdynia
Atelier Theatre in Sopot
Dreams Theatre
Miniatura Theatre in Gdańsk
Theatre Znak in Gdańsk
Wybrzeżak Theatre
Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre
Scena Kameralna Teatru Wybrzeże
Summer Scene of Gdynia's Municipal Theatre
Scena Teatralna ŻAK
Theatrum Gedanense Foundation
Opera house and Philharmonic
Forest Opera in Sopot
Frederic Chopin Polish Baltic Philharmonic
Polska Filharmonia Kameralna in Sopot
The Baltic Opera
Museums and art galleries
Gdańsk City Gallery
Chodowiecki and Grass House
Państwowa Galeria Sztuki in Sopot
National Museum
Zbrojownia Sztuki
Art Cybernetics Institute (ICS) CSW Łaźnia Art Lab Wyspa multiple small noninstitutional galleries (Galeria UL, Tajna Galeria, Brama Wyżynna, KIT) Museum of the Second World War