See also: Świętajno, Szczytno County.
Świętajno | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Olecko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Świętajno |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1554 |
Coordinates: | 54.0014°N 22.3175°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 1600 |
Registration Plate: | NOE |
Website: | http://www.bip.bazagmin.pl/swietajno-gol/ |
Świętajno (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Świętajno.[1] It lies approximately 13km (08miles) west of Olecko and 1220NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located on the northern and eastern shore of Lake Świętajno in the region of Masuria.
The village was founded in 1554 and was inhabited by Poles.[2] As of 1719, the village had an exclusively Polish population.[2]