Editing Elbląg (section)

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}

===Twin towns — sister cities===
Elbląg is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref name="Elbląg twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.info.elblag.pl/index.php?id=niezbednik_&pid=31&strona=1|title=Elbląg - Podstrony / Miasta partnerskie |access-date=August 1, 2013 |work=Elbląski Dziennik Internetowy|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315153700/http://info.elblag.pl/index.php?id=niezbednik_&pid=31&strona=1 |archive-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.elblag.net/niezbednik/miasta-partnerskie,65|title=Elbląg - Miasta partnerskie|access-date=August 1, 2013 |work=Elbląg.net|language=pl}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ternopil]], Ukraine <small>''(since 1992)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/></small>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Leer, Lower Saxony|Leer]], [[Lower Saxony]], Germany <small>''(since June 23, 2001)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/></small>
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronneby]], Sweden <small>''(since 1991)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/></small>
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Druskininkai]], Lithuania <small>''(since 1996)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/><ref name="Druskininkai twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.druskininkai.lt/go.php/Tarptautinis%20bendradarbiavimas889 |title=Tarptautinis Bendradarbiavimas |trans-title=Druskininkai international cooperation |work=Druskininkų savivaldybės administracija |date=March 22, 2012 |language=lt |access-date=August 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803232932/http://www.druskininkai.lt/go.php/Tarptautinis%20bendradarbiavimas889 |archive-date=August 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref></small>
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Liepāja]], Latvia <small>''(since 1991)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/></small>
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*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Compiègne]], France <small>''(since 2002)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/></small>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Trowbridge]], West Wiltshire, UK <small>''(since March 31, 2000)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/><ref name="Trowbridge twinnings">{{cite news|title=Trowbridge - Market town twins with Arab city|date=October 3, 2006 |publisher=BBC News Channel|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/5401592.stm|work=BBC News |access-date=August 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021084445/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/5401592.stm |archive-date=October 21, 2007}}</ref></small>
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Coquimbo]], Chile <small>''(since 1995)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/></small>
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Baoji]], [[Shaanxi]], People's Republic of China <small>''(since 1997)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/></small>
*{{flagicon|ROC}} [[Tainan]], Taiwan <small>''(since April 29, 2004)''<ref name="Elbląg twinnings"/><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2"/><ref name="Tianan twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.tainan.gov.tw/tainan/Intro.asp?nsub=L1A400 |script-title=zh:姊妹市暨友誼市 |work=Tainan City Government |language=zh |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805172419/http://www.tainan.gov.tw/tainan/Intro.asp?nsub=L1A400 |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 22, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref></small>
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Nowy Sącz]], Poland<ref name="Nowy Sącz twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.nowysacz.pl/miasta_partnerskie |title=Miasta partnerskie i zaprzyjaźnione Nowego Sącza |work=Urząd Miasta Nowego Sącza |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523172036/http://www.nowysacz.pl/miasta_partnerskie |archive-date=May 23, 2013 |access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>

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===Former twin towns===
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Kaliningrad]], [[Kaliningrad Oblast]], Russia <small>''(since 1994 until 2022)''</small>
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Baltiysk]], [[Kaliningrad Oblast]], Russia <small>''(since 1994 until 2022)''</small>
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Novogrudok]], Belarus <small>''(since 1995 until 2022)''</small>

On 28 February 2022, Elbląg ended its partnership with the Russian cities of Kaliningrad and Baltiysk and the Belarusian city of Novogrudok as a response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and its active support by the Republic of Belarus.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://elblag24.pl/miasto-elblag-zrywa-wspolprace-z-rosyjskimi-miastami-partnerskimi/ |language=pl |title=Miasto Elbląg zrywa współpracę z rosyjskimi miastami partnerskimi |date=February 28, 2022 |access-date = 5 March 2022}}</ref>