Swołowo

Swołowo
Village

The old school of Swołowo
Swołowo
Coordinates: 54°28′37″N 16°50′25″E / 54.47694°N 16.84028°E / 54.47694; 16.84028
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Słupsk County
Gmina Gmina Słupsk
Population 240

Swołowo [sfɔˈwɔvɔ] (German: Schwolow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słupsk, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Słupsk and 117 km (73 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. After World War II the area was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.

The village has a population of 240.

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Coordinates: 54°28′37″N 16°50′25″E / 54.47694°N 16.84028°E / 54.47694; 16.84028


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