Osowa (; ) is a
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...
(in the past village
suburb
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) of
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
,
Poland
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, located about north-west from the center of the city. Mainly filled with family houses,
Osowa Lake with sandy beaches and a water sport center is also found there.
The Circle Highway of
Tricity goes through Osowa, with an exit there and the shopping mall Osowa Center. There are bus connections to
Oliwa
Oliwa () (; ; ) is a northern district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. From east it borders Przymorze and Żabianka, from the north Sopot and from the south with the districts of Strzyża, VII Dwór and Brętowo, while from the west with Mat ...
and other quarters of the city.
Population in 2020 was 16,121 inhabitants in an area of 13.7 km
2 (population density 1174 inhabitants/km
2) - population migration increase 2010–20 +19%.
References
External links Official website
Districts of Gdańsk
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