Nieżywięć [ɲɛˈʐɨvjɛnt͡ɕ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Człuchów, within Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
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Topole [tɔˈpɔlɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
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Władysławek [vwadɨˈswavɛk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
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Karolewo [karɔˈlɛvɔ] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
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Chojnice is a town in northern Poland with a population of 38,789, near the Tuchola Forest. It is the capital of Chojnice County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Founded in c. 1205, Chojnice is a former royal city of Poland and was an important center of cloth production. It is home to one of the oldest high schools in Poland, and played a significant role in Polish youth resistance against the Germanisation policies of Prussia following the Partitions of Poland. The town was also the site of several significant battles, and during World War II, German occupiers massacred approximately 2,000 Poles on its outskirts.
Chojnice is a railroad junction with connections to Brodnica, Kościerzyna, Piła, Szczecinek, and Tczew. It contains several Gothic and Baroque heritage sights, and is the largest town near the Tuchola Forest, a large forest complex in north-central Poland.
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Chojnice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Chojnice, which lies 103 kilometres south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county also contains the towns of Czersk, lying 30 km east of Chojnice, and Brusy, 24 km north-east of Chojnice.
The county covers an area of 1,364.25 square kilometres. As of 2019 its total population is 97,616, out of which the population of Chojnice is 39,890, that of Czersk is 9,910, that of Brusy is 5,188, and the rural population is 42,628.
Chojnice County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Chojnice County is bordered by Bytów County and Kościerzyna County to the north, Starogard County and Tuchola County to the east, Sępólno County to the south, and Człuchów County to the west.