Stare Juchy

Stare Juchy
Village
Stare Juchy
Coordinates: 53°55′15″N 22°10′15″E / 53.92083°N 22.17083°E / 53.92083; 22.17083
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Ełk
Gmina	Stare Juchy
Population	1,800

Stare Juchy [ˈstarɛ ˈjuxɨ] (German Alt Jucha) is a village in Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Juchy.^[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Ełk and 111 km (69 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the area was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.

The village has a population of 1,800.

References

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

Gmina Stare Juchy

Seat	Stare Juchy

Other villages	Bałamutowo Czerwonka Dobra Wola Gorło Gorłówko Grabnik Jeziorowskie Kałtki Królowa Wola Laśmiady Liski Nowe Krzywe Olszewo Orzechowo Ostrów Panistruga Płowce Rogale Rogalik Sikory Juskie Skomack Wielki Stare Krzywe Szczecinowo Zawady Ełckie

Coordinates: 53°55′15″N 22°10′15″E / 53.92083°N 22.17083°E / 53.92083; 22.17083

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