Janowo, Kwidzyn County

For other places with the same name, see Janowo.
Janowo
Village
Janowo
Coordinates: 53°49′1″N 18°51′20″E / 53.81694°N 18.85556°E / 53.81694; 18.85556
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Kwidzyn
Gmina Gmina Kwidzyn
Population 410

Janowo [jaˈnɔvɔ] (Kashubian:Jônòwò, German: Johannisdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kwidzyn, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Kwidzyn and 63 km (39 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Poland, 1939 - March 1945 German-Nazi occupation. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 410.

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Coordinates: 53°49′1″N 18°51′20″E / 53.81694°N 18.85556°E / 53.81694; 18.85556

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