Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). Together with Torun it has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1947-1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1945-1947). Since 1999 it is also the seat of Bydgoszcz County.