Gąski, Koszalin County

Gąski [ˈɡɔ̃ski] (German: Funkenhagen)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mielno, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Koszalin and 127 km (79 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Gąski
Village
Gąski
Coordinates: 54°14′9″N 15°55′21″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian
CountyKoszalin County
GminaMielno
Population
400

The village has a population of 400.

Gąski is one of the most popular tourists' destination on Polish coast for its beautiful beaches and nature, aiming at sustainable development.[3]

Nuclear power station
Banner in Gąski displayed by inhabitants who oppose plans of NPP construction (July 2012)

As a result of intense civic mobilisation, a referendum was held in February 2012, in which 94% of the citizens of Mielno voted against the building of a nuclear power station in the village of Gąski. The citizens' protest had been supported by members of two biggest parliamentary political groups (otherwise supportive for nuclear power): Civic Platform (Koszalin MP Marek Hok) and Law and Justice (Koszalin MP Czesław Hoc),[4] as well as non-parliamentary Green Party[5] and councillors of nearby city of Kołobrzeg. "Ecological Kołobrzeg" association also supported protests in 2012.[6]

Despite the protests and referendum results, the Polish government still insists on the location of NPP in Gąski,[7] although the entire Polish nuclear programme is on a 7-year delay (as of 2015).[8] The first NPP is now planned not earlier than 2027 (the initial plan was 2020 and the government related its construction to goals of 2020 climate-energy package of the EU). In June 2016, state-owned energy company PGE EJ1 announced that it had withdrawn from the NPP project in Gąski.[9]

Green Institute Foundation supports Gąski and Mielno to develop its own renewable energy capacity (prosumer, co-operative or communal) co-organising "Energy democracy" campaign together with Mielno authorities.[10][11]

See also
Gąski Lighthouse

References
  1. M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. Association for the Development of Gąski
  4. "Mielno przeciw atomowi - referendum na "nie"" (in Polish).
  5. "Gratulujemy mieszkańcom i mieszkankom Mielna mobilizacji przeciwko atomowi" (in Polish).
  6. Ekolodzy z Kołobrzegu też przeciw atomowi, in Polish
  7. "W Kołobrzegu ponowne nie dla atomu" (in Polish).
  8. Polska elektrownia jądrowa jak widmo? Może zobaczymy ją w 2027 roku
  9. Nie będzie atomu w Gąskach
  10. Spotkanie "Demokracja energetyczna" Archived 2015-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, in Polish
  11. Demokracja energetyczna - zachodniopomorskie, in Polish



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