Chwalęcin | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lidzbark |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Orneta |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 54.1667°N 22°W |
Population Total: | 190 |
Chwalęcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-west of Orneta, 370NaN0 west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and 530NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, and in 1772–1945 it belonged to Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).