Ruciane-Nida

Ruciane-Nida

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Ruciane-Nida
Coordinates: 53°38′33″N 21°32′57″E / 53.64250°N 21.54917°E / 53.64250; 21.54917
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Pisz
Gmina Ruciane-Nida
Area
 • Total 17.07 km2 (6.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 4,894
 • Density 290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Postal code 12-220 - 12-221
Website http://www.ruciane-nida.pl

Ruciane-Nida [ruˈt͡ɕanɛ ˈɲida] is a town in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,934 inhabitants (2004). The town was formed in 1966 by the merger of three smaller settlements: Ruciane (German: Rudczanny, renamed Niedersee in 1938), Nida (German: Nieden), and Wola Ratajowa. The town of Ruciane-Nida is a well-known tourist centre within the Masurian Lake District, with a popular railway line running through it: a D29-219 line – Olsztyn – Szczytno – Świętajno – Pisz – Ełk. In the summer, it becomes the furthermost Southern station of the Masurian Recreational Navigation system.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 53°39′N 21°33′E / 53.650°N 21.550°E / 53.650; 21.550


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