Biskupiec, Nowe Miasto County

For other places with the same name, see Biskupiec.

Biskupiec
Village
Biskupiec
Coordinates: 53°30′2″N 19°21′2″E / 53.50056°N 19.35056°E / 53.50056; 19.35056
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Nowe Miasto
Gmina	Biskupiec
Population	1,927

Biskupiec [bisˈkupjɛt͡s] (German: Bischofswerder) is a village in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Biskupiec.^[1]

Biskupiec lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and 80 km (50 mi) south-west of the town of Olsztyn and 100 km (62 mi) south-east of the regional metropole of Gdańsk.

The village has a population of 1,927.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Biskupiec

Seat	Biskupiec

Other villages	Babalice Bielice Borki Buczek Czachówki Fitowo Gaj Iwanki Krotoszyny Łąkorek Łąkorz Leszczyniak Lipinki Mała Wólka Mec Mierzyn Osetno Osówko Ostrowite Piotrowice Piotrowice Małe Podlasek Podlasek Mały Rywałdzik Sędzice Słupnica Sumin Szwarcenowo Tymawa Wielka Wąkop Wardęgówko Wardęgowo Wielka Wólka Wonna Zawada

Coordinates: 53°30′2″N 19°21′2″E / 53.50056°N 19.35056°E / 53.50056; 19.35056

Authority control	GND: 120029-X

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