Puck, Poland

Puck
Market Square
Market Square
Flag of Puck
Coat of arms of Puck
Puck is located in Poland
Puck
Puck
Coordinates: 54°42′N 18°24′E / 54.700°N 18.400°E / 54.700; 18.400
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaPuck (urban gmina)
Established12th century
Town rights1348
Government
 • MayorHanna Pruchniewska
Area
 • City16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Highest elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • City11,329
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,080,700
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84-100
Area code+48 58
Car platesGPU
Websitepuck.pl

Puck [put͡sk] (Kashubian: Pùckò, Pùck, Pëck, formerly German: Putzig) is a town in northern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (Bay of Puck) and part of Kashubia with many Kashubian speakers in the town. Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998), Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.