Kanie Iławeckie

Kanie Iławeckie
Village

the Station
Kanie Iławeckie
Coordinates: 54°13′17″N 20°31′58″E / 54.22139°N 20.53278°E / 54.22139; 20.53278
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Górowo Iławeckie
Population 70

Kanie Iławeckie [ˈkaɲɛ iwaˈvɛt͡skʲɛ] (German: Salwarschienen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Górowo Iławeckie, 18 km (11 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 49 km (30 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The village has a population of 70.

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Coordinates: 54°13′17″N 20°31′58″E / 54.22139°N 20.53278°E / 54.22139; 20.53278


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