Kociewie

Kociewie is an ethnocultural region in the eastern part of Tuchola Forest, in northern Poland, Pomerania, that is inhabited by the Kociewians. Its cultural capital is Starogard Gdański, the biggest town is Tczew, while other major towns include Świecie, and Pelplin. The region has about 353,000 inhabitants. It has well-developed industry and agriculture. Administratively, it is divided between the Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships.

The Kocievians (), are an ethnographic group of Polish people indigenous to the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in northern Poland, administratively divided between the voivodeships of Pomerania and Kuyavia–Pomerania. They speak the Kociewian dialect of Polish.