Choczewo

Choczewo
Village
Choczewo
Coordinates: 54°44′27″N 17°53′31″E / 54.74083°N 17.89194°E / 54.74083; 17.89194
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Wejherowo
Gmina Choczewo
Population 1,310

Choczewo [xɔˈt͡ʂɛvɔ] (German: Chottschow, Gotendorf (1938-1945)) is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Choczewo.[1] It lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Wejherowo and 64 km (40 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Choczewo lies on the disused Wejherowo to Garczegorze railway line (PKP rail line 230), and had a station on it on the north side of the village.

It is home to the Choczewo Municipal Education Team which is housed in the 18th Century Manor house of the von Dzieciskich family in the southern part of the village.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 1,310.

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Coordinates: 54°44′27″N 17°53′31″E / 54.74083°N 17.89194°E / 54.74083; 17.89194

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