Sławęcin, Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Sławęcin.

Sławęcin
Village
View of the village with the Saint Catherine church in the background
Sławęcin
Coordinates: 53°36′8″N 17°36′53″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Chojnice
Gmina	Chojnice
Population	519
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GCH

Sławęcin [swaˈvɛnt͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Chojnice and 108 km (67 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Sławęcin was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

Notable people

• Edmund Kręcki [pl] (1880–1958), Polish independence activist during the partition period

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 124.