Szczecinek (German: Neustettin), is a town in Middle Pomerania, north-western Poland with some 40,000 inhabitants. Capital of Szczecinek County in West Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Koszalin Voivodship (1950-1998).

Population

Szczecinek
1940: 19,900 inhabitants (mostly Germans)
1945: 11,800 inhabitants (8.300 Poles + 3.500 Germans)
1950: 15,100 inhabitants (mostly Poles)
1960: 22,800 inhabitants
1970: 28,700 inhabitants
1975: 32,900 inhabitants
1980: 35,700 inhabitants
1990: 41,400 inhabitants
1995: 42,300 inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants