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Skandawa

Coordinates: 54°16′22″N 21°15′9″E / 54.27278°N 21.25250°E / 54.27278; 21.25250
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Skandawa
Village
Saint Adalbert church in Skandawa
Saint Adalbert church in Skandawa
Skandawa is located in Poland
Skandawa
Skandawa
Coordinates: 54°16′22″N 21°15′9″E / 54.27278°N 21.25250°E / 54.27278; 21.25250
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyKętrzyn
GminaBarciany
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNKE

Skandawa [skanˈdava] is a village in northern Poland, in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, Kętrzyn County, and the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.[1]

It lies 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Barciany, 23 km (14 mi) north-north-west of Kętrzyn, and 75 km (47 mi) north-east of the regional capital, Olsztyn. It is located close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.

The 390-km-long Line 353 of Polish State Railways (PKP) connects Poznań to Skandawa and the Russian border (8 km north-east of Skandawa and 3 km south-west of Zheleznodorozhny) via Olsztyn and Korsze. Since 2000 the final stretch from Korsze to the border has been a freight-only branch, and the railway station at Korsze (15 km to the south-west) is today Skandawa's nearest passenger facility.

References

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