Piasek, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Piasek (disambiguation).
Piasek
Village
Piasek
Coordinates: 54°16′N 20°37′E / 54.267°N 20.617°E / 54.267; 20.617
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Górowo Iławeckie

Piasek [ˈpjasɛk] (German: Sand) 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 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Górowo Iławeckie, 13 km (8 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 55 km (34 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°16′29″N 20°37′27″E / 54.2747°N 20.6242°E / 54.2747; 20.6242


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