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Wydminy
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Wydminy is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wydminy. It lies approximately east of Giżycko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Wydminy
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Kościół Zbawiciela Wydminy 1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Christ the Redeemer church in Wydminy
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Warmian-Masurian
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Giżycko
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Wydminy
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2
Settlement.population_total
2300

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Wydminy is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wydminy. It lies approximately east of Giżycko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.

==History== thumb|left|Cursed soldiers Memorial As of 1600, the population of the village was exclusively Polish. 227 people died during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in 1710. The settlement hosted six annual fairs in the late 19th century.

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

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