Janów | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Elbląg |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Elbląg |
Coordinates: | 54.1106°N 19.4906°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 360 |
Janów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Elbląg, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) east of Elbląg and 760NaN0 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).
According to modern archaeological research, the village is the site of the medieval Old Prussian town and trading emporium Truso.