Turew

Turew
Village

Turew
Coordinates: 52°4′N 16°50′E / 52.067°N 16.833°E / 52.067; 16.833
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Kościan
Gmina	Gmina Kościan
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population	760

Turew [ˈturɛf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Kościan and 38 km (24 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

The village has a population of 760.

There is an 18th-century manor house in Turew, which until the Second World War belonged to the aristocratic Dryja-Chłapowski family. Among the most notable residents of the house was Dezydery Chłapowski, a Napoleonic officer and a baron of the then French Empire.

External links

Hiking Across Leszno-Region

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Kościan

Seat (not part of the gmina)	Kościan

Villages	Bonikowo Choryń Czarkowo Darnowo Granecznik Gryżyna Gryżynka Gurostwo Ignacewo Januszewo Katarzynin Kawczyn Kiełczewo Kobylniki Kokorzyn Krzan Kurowo Kurza Góra Łagiewniki Mała Wyskoć Mikoszki Nacław Nielęgowo Nowe Oborzyska Nowy Dębiec Nowy Lubosz Osiek Pelikan Pianowo Ponin Racot Sepienko Sierakowo Spytkówki Stare Oborzyska Stary Lubosz Szczodrowo Tamborowo Turew Widziszewo Witkówki Wławie Wronowo Wyskoć

Coordinates: 52°4′N 16°50′E / 52.067°N 16.833°E / 52.067; 16.833

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