Modgarby

Modgarby
Village
Modgarby
Coordinates: 54°14′31″N 21°15′25″E / 54.24194°N 21.25694°E / 54.24194; 21.25694
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany
Population 130

Modgarby [mɔdˈɡarbɨ] (German Modgarben) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Barciany, 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Kętrzyn, and 71 km (44 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

The village has a population of 130.

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Coordinates: 54°14′31″N 21°15′25″E / 54.24194°N 21.25694°E / 54.24194; 21.25694

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