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Łeba
Sign in to saveŁeba (, ; ) is a seaside town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. It is located in the region of Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia), near Łebsko Lake and the mouth of the river Łeba on the Slovincian Coast of the Baltic Sea.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Łeba
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Łeba-hotel Neptun.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Neptun hotel
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Łeba flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Łeba COA 1.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pomeranian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lębork
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Łeba (urban gmina)
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1282
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1357
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.8
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Łeba
- Population
- 3228
- Area
- 15
- Official website
- www.leba.eu
- Image
- Łeba-hotel Neptun.jpg
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- native label
- Łeba
- postal code
- 84-360
- P6482
- Łeba
- male population
- 1560
- female population
- 1668
- P8168
- Cristian Leiva
- P12749
- Dukes of Dixieland
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Łeba (, ; ) is a seaside town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. It is located in the region of Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia), near Łebsko Lake and the mouth of the river Łeba on the Slovincian Coast of the Baltic Sea.
==History== thumb|left|190px|Aerial view of Łeba The Pomerelian settlement of Łeba was first mentioned in a 1282 document of Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania. At that time the village was located about two kilometers () west from the present mouth of the Łeba River. The church of St. Nicholas was mentioned in 1296. Łeba was part of fragmented Poland until 1309, when it was annexed by the Teutonic Order after their takeover of Gdańsk. Łeba received municipal rights by the State of the Teutonic Order in 1357. Located at the Łebsko Lake at the Baltic Sea, it developed to a fishing port and a wood marketplace.
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