Gumieńce

Gumieńce is an administrative neighbourhood forming a subdivision of the West district in the city of Szczecin, Poland. It is predominantly a low-rise residential area with detached and semi-detached houses. It also includes housing estates with apartment buildings. Gumieńce has an area of 10.4 km2 (4.02 sq mi), and in 2025, was inhabited by 23,031 people, making it the most populous neighbourhood in the city. It includes the Central Cemetery, which had over 300,000 burials, and with an area of 172.33 ha (425.84 acres), is the largest cemetery in Poland, the third largest in Europe, and one of the largest in the world. It also features the Our Lady of Rosary Church, dating to the 15th century. The first signs of human presence in the area of the modern Gumieńce date to the Neolithic period, and the area included settlements of the Hallstatt culture and Lusatian culture during the late Bronze Age and the early Iron Age. The oldest records of the village Gumieńce date to 1229, when it was a small farming community.