Giławy

Giławy
Village
Giławy
Coordinates: 53°43′N 20°48′E / 53.717°N 20.800°E / 53.717; 20.800
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Olsztyn County
Gmina Purda
Population 540
Website www.gilawy.tnb.pl

Giławy [ɡiˈwavɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Purda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Purda and 22 km (14 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has now a population of 540.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany (East Prussia). and was called Gillau[2] in German.

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Coordinates: 53°43′N 20°48′E / 53.717°N 20.800°E / 53.717; 20.800


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