Kartuzy (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Kartuzë; see also Cities alternative names) is a town in the Kashubia or Eastern Pomerania region, northwestern Poland, with some 16,000 inhabitants. Founded as cloister of Carthusian monks. Kashubian, Cassubian is one of the Lekhitic languages, which are a group of Slavic languages. ... Pomeranian is a group of Lekhitic dialects, sometimes called also the dialects of Polish. ... Most cities in Europe have different names in different languages. ... Kashubians (also Kassubians, or Cassubians, in Kashubian: Kaszëbi) are a Slavic ethnic group living in modern-day northwestern Poland. ... Eastern Pomerania (also Pomerelia, East Pomerania, Gdansk Pomerania, Vistula Pomerania) is a geographical and historical region in the east of Pomerania in northern Poland. ... A Carthusian Monastery in Jerez, Spain The Carthusians are a Christian religious order founded by St Bruno in 1084. ...

Capital of Kartuzy County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Gdansk Voivodship (1975-1998). Kartuzy County, whose capital is Kartuzy, is a county in the Pomeranian Voivodship of Poland. ... The Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania. ... Gdańsk Voivodship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodship. ...

Population

1880: 2,179 inhabitants
1885: 2,300 inhabitants
1895: 2,377 inhabitants
1900: 2,642 inhabitants

1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 7,900 inhabitants
1970: 10,600 inhabitants
1975: 11,600 inhabitants
1980: 12,000 inhabitants
1990: ? inhabitants
1998: 16,100 inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants