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Somonino
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Somonino is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Somonino. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Somonino
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Somonino - Urząd Gminy.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Gmina Somonino administration office
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Pomeranian
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kartuzy
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Somonino
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2
Settlement.population_total
2206

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Somonino is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Somonino. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

==History== thumb|left|Monument to local inhabitants who were killed during World War II During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Somonino was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion. Poles from Somonino were also among the victims of massacres of Poles, committed by the Germans in nearby Kaliska in October and November 1939, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Somonino” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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