Editing West Pomeranian Voivodeship (section)

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|1988|1662563|2002|1698214|2011|1722885|2021|1657716|align=right|cols=1|source=<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics Poland - National Censuses|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/podgrup/temat/}}</ref>}}After Germany's defeat in [[World War II]], the region became again part of Poland by way of the [[Potsdam Agreement]], which created territorial changes demanded by the [[Soviet Union]].

In 1948, 67 percent of the populace originated from central Poland, [[Greater Poland]] and [[Pomerelia]] while 25 percent came from the [[Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union]]. Another 6 percent returned to Poland from Western Europe. About 50,000 [[Ukrainians]] were forcefully resettled to West Pomerania in the [[Operation Vistula]] in 1947.<ref>Alina Hutnikiewicz: ''"Proces Osadnictwa na Pomorzu Zachodnim po 1945 r"'' in Zeszyty Kulickie 5: Rodzinne Pomorze – dawniej i dziś, pp. 67 ff. {{in lang|pl}}</ref>

In the 16th and 17th centuries, some [[Scottish diaspora|Scots]] settled in several towns of the current West Pomeranian Voivodeship, i.e. [[Wałcz]], [[Biały Bór]], [[Człopa]] and [[Gryfice]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Wijaczka|first=Jacek|editor-last1=Kopczyński|editor-first1=Michał|editor-last2=Tygielski|editor-first2=Wojciech|year=2010|title=Pod wspólnym niebem. Narody dawnej Rzeczypospolitej|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Muzeum Historii Polski, Bellona|chapter=Szkoci|isbn=978-83-11-11724-2|pages=202, 204}}</ref> whereas in the 17th and 18th centuries [[French people|French]] [[Huguenots]] settled in [[Stargard]], [[Kołobrzeg]], Szczecin and [[Gryfino]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Skrycki|first=Radosław|editor-last=Rembacka|editor-first=Katarzyna|year=2011|title=Szczecin i jego miejsca. Trzecia Konferencja Edukacyjna, 10 XII 2010 r.|language=pl|location=Szczecin|page=95|chapter=Z okresu wojny i pokoju – "francuskie" miejsca w Szczecinie z XVIII i XIX wieku|isbn=978-83-61233-45-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gryfino.pl/chapter_289146.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602110845/https://gryfino.pl/chapter_289146.asp|title=Kalendarium|website=Gryfino.pl|access-date=26 May 2024|archive-date=2 June 2023|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Muret|first=Eduard|title=Geschichte der Französischen Kolonie in Brandenburg-Preußen, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Berliner Gemeinde. Aus Veranlassung der Zweihundertjährigen Jubelfeier am 29. Oktober 1885|year=1885|location=Berlin|pages=208, 266}}</ref>