Bydgoszcz (, , ) is a city located in northern
Poland, on the
Brda and
Vistula rivers. With a city population of 358,614 (June 2014), and an
urban agglomeration with more than 470,000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the 8th-largest city in Poland. It has been the seat of
Bydgoszcz County and the co-capital, with
Torun, of the
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. Prior to this, between 1947 and 1998, it was the capital of the
Bydgoszcz Voivodeship, and before that, of the
Pomeranian Voivodeship between 1945 and 1947.