Świecie Świecie nad Wisłą
Town view from the Teutonic castle tower
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Świecie - najlepsze na świecie Świecie - the best in the world
Świecie
Coordinates: 53°25′N 18°26′E / 53.417, 18.433
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Świecie County
Gmina	Gmina Świecie
Established	1198
Town rights	1338
Government
- Mayor	Tadeusz Grzegorz Pogoda
Area
- Total	11. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Kuyavia-Pomerania Province or by its Polish name of województwo kujawsko-pomorskie or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County Świecie County (powiat świecki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland The gmina or Municipality (frequently translated commune) plural gminy, is the principal unit (lowest level of territorial division in Poland Gmina Świecie is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 87 km² (4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 sq mi)
Highest elevation	86 m (282 ft)
Lowest elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total	25,614
- Density	2,157. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/km² (5,588. 9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	86-100 to 86-105
Area code(s)	+48 52
Car plates	CSW
Website: http://www.um-swiecie.pl

Świecie [ˈɕfjɛt​͡ɕɛ] (German: Schwetz) is a town in northern Poland with 25,968 inhabitants (2006), situated in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999); it was previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1975-1998). The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Kuyavia-Pomerania Province or by its Polish name of województwo kujawsko-pomorskie or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (województwo bydgoskie was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975&ndash1998 superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian It is the capital of Świecie County. Świecie County (powiat świecki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland

Major corporations

• Mondi Packaging Świecie SA (before Frantschach Świecie SA and Celuloza Świecie SA) (paper and packaging)

Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Menedżerska
• I LO im. Floriana Ceynowy
• II LO w Świeciu
• Zespół Szkół Ponadgimnazjalnych

Sport

• Polpak Świecie