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Świdwin (German: Schivelbein), is a town in Middle Pomerania, north-western Poland with some 15,000 inhabitants. Capital of Swidwin County in West Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Koszalin Voivodship (1950-1998).
Formerly part of Prussia and Germany; together with much of the rest of Pomerania, it was transferred to Poland after the end of World War II. Birthplace (in 1821) of German pathologist and anthropologist Rudolf Virchow.
Population
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 10.000 inhabitants
1970: 12.600 inhabitants
1975: 13.500 inhabitants
1980: 14.000 inhabitants
1990: ? inhabitants
2000:
2004: 17,000 inhabitants
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