Gąsierzyno g is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica

Gmina Stepnica

Gmina Stepnica is a rural gmina in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Stepnica, which lies approximately north-west of Goleniów and north of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, within Goleniów County

Goleniów County

Goleniów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Goleniów, which...

, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Stepnica

Stepnica

Stepnica is a village in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Stepnica. It lies approximately north-west of Goleniów and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1648 the area was part of Duchy of Pomerania,...

, 22 km (14 mi) north-west of Goleniów

Goleniów

Goleniów is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,399 inhabitants . It is the capital of Goleniów County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Szczecin Voivodeship . Town area is 12.5 km², geographical situation 53°33'N and 14°49'E...

, and 29 km (18 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

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Before 1945 the area was part of Germany

Germany

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

History of Pomerania

The history of Pomerania dates back more than 10,000 years. Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age...

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The village has a population of 190.