Śmiardowo

Śmiardowo
Village
Śmiardowo
Coordinates: 54°12′4″N 21°2′33″E / 54.20111°N 21.04250°E / 54.20111; 21.04250
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol
Population 60

Śmiardowo [ɕmjarˈdɔvɔ] (German: Schmirdtkeim) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Sępopol, 17 km (11 mi) east of Bartoszyce, and 59 km (37 mi) north-east 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 60.

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Coordinates: 54°12′4″N 21°2′33″E / 54.20111°N 21.04250°E / 54.20111; 21.04250


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