Wielewo, Kętrzyn County

Wielewo
Village
Wielewo
Coordinates: 54°18′N 21°17′E / 54.300°N 21.283°E / 54.300; 21.283
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany
Population 59

Wielewo [vjɛˈlɛvɔ] (German Willkamm) 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 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Barciany, 25 km (16 mi) north of Kętrzyn, and 77 km (48 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

The village has a population of 59.

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Coordinates: 54°18′00″N 21°17′00″E / 54.3000°N 21.2833°E / 54.3000; 21.2833


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