Country Poland Gmina Gmina Gryfino Postal code 74-100 Area 9.58 km² Local time Saturday 3:09 AM | County Gryfino County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Car plates ZGR Population 21,478 (2006) | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 92% Humidity Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship Points of interest Pałacyk Pod Lwami, Brama Bańska, Plaza | ||
Gryfino [ɡrɨˈfʲinɔ] (German: Greifenhagen; Kashubian: Gripiewò; Pomeranian Low German: Gripenhagen) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,500 inhabitants (2004). It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998).
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Map of Gryfino, Poland
The town is located on the Odra Wschodnia (Reglitz), the eastern branch of the Oder river, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the Pomeranian capital Szczecin (Stettin). The western branch of the Oder, 2 km (1 mi) away from the town center, has marked the border with Germany since 1945. There is a straight road link between Gryfino and the German town of Mescherin across the two rivers.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Gryfino is twinned with:
Towns near Gryfino
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