What is Elbląg?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Elbląg | image_skyline = Elbląg waterfront.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Port and the Old Town | image_flag = POL Elbląg flag.svg | image_shield = POL Elbląg COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Warmian-Masurian]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]] | subdivision_name2 = ''city county'' | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Witold Wróblewski | established_title = Established | established_date = 1237 | established_title3 = City rights | established_date3 = 1246 | area_total_km2 = 79,82 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 124 257 | population_density_km2 = 1588.2 | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|54|10|0|N|19|24|0|E||display=title}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 82-300 to 82-315 | area_code = +48 055 | blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]] | blank_info = NE | website = http://www.umelblag.pl }} '''Elblag''' ({{lang-de|Elbing}} {{lang-la|Elbinga}}) is a city in northern [[Poland]] on the eastern edge of the [[Żuławy]] region with 124,257 inhabitants (December 31, 2011). Elbląg is one of the oldest cities in the province and in Poland. ==Geometry== Elbląg is located about 55 kilometres (34 miles) south-east of [[Gdańsk]] and 90&nbsp;km (56&nbsp;mi) south-west of [[Kaliningrad]], [[Russia]]. The city is a [[port]] on the river Elbląg, which flows into the Vistula Lagoon about 10&nbsp;km (6&nbsp;mi) to the north, thus giving the city access to the [[Baltic Sea]] via the Russian-controlled Strait of Baltiysk. The Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto) is located on the river Elbląg connecting Lake Drużno to the Vistula Lagoon, about 10&nbsp;km (6&nbsp;mi) from the lagoon and 60&nbsp;km (37&nbsp;mi) from Gdańsk.