Gniewino | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wejherowo |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Gniewino |
Coordinates: | 54.7167°N 18.0083°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Area Total Km2: | 176.2 |
Population Total: | 1710 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 84-250 |
Area Code Type: | Area Code |
Area Code: | (+48) 58 |
Registration Plate: | GWE |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Gniewino [1] is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gniewino.[2] It lies approximately 21km (13miles) north-west of Wejherowo and 570NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
A little to the east of Gniewino lies the Kashubian Eye Complex, a tourism and recreation complex centred on a 44 metre tall viewing tower.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.