Mechowo
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Mechowo m is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Puck
, within Puck County
, Pomeranian Voivodeship
, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Puck
and 45 km (28 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk
. The village has a population of 409.
The first mention of village was that it was owned by knights in the 13th century.
Mechowo is on the border of the Darżlubie forest. Points of interest include caves, a church built in 1742, 19th-century houses and an 18th-century manor.
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 Puck
Gmina Puck
Gmina Puck is a rural gmina in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Puck, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....
, within Puck County
Puck County
Puck County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Puck, which...
, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Puck
Puck, Poland
Puck is a town in northwestern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea . Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship , Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.-History:The settlement became a marketplace...
and 45 km (28 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
. The village has a population of 409.
The first mention of village was that it was owned by knights in the 13th century.
Mechowo is on the border of the Darżlubie forest. Points of interest include caves, a church built in 1742, 19th-century houses and an 18th-century manor.