Sławęcin
Village
View of the village with the Saint Catherine church in the background
View of the village with the Saint Catherine church in the background
Sławęcin is located in Poland
Sławęcin
Sławęcin
Coordinates: 53°36′8″N 17°36′53″E / 53.60222°N 17.61472°E / 53.60222; 17.61472
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyChojnice
GminaChojnice
Population
519
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGCH

Sławęcin [swaˈvɛnt͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Chojnice and 108 km (67 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Sławęcin was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

Notable people

  • Edmund Kręcki (1880–1958), Polish independence activist during the partition period

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 124.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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