Kopań | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sławno |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Darłowo |
Coordinates: | 54.4583°N 16.4325°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 132 |
Website: | http://www.kopan.pl |
Kopań (German Kopahn)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Darłowo, within Sławno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) north of Darłowo, 200NaN0 north-west of Sławno, and 1680NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 132.
In the Communist era, a nuclear power plant was proposed near the village, alongside two others at Zarnowiec and Lubiatowo. However, the nuclear plant in Kopan and Lobiatowo never came to fruition, and the one near Zarnowiec was cancelled and abandoned roughly halfway through construction.