Łęgowo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Olecko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Olecko |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1561 |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 54.1°N 49°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | NOE |
Łęgowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olecko, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-west of Olecko and 1330NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in the region of Masuria.
The origins of the village date back to 1561, when Stańko Olszewski bought land to establish a village.[2] As of 1600, the population was solely Polish.[2] In 1858, the village had a population of 281.[2]
The Polish National road 65 runs nearby, east of the village.