Gaj, Bartoszyce County

Gaj
Village
Gaj
Coordinates: 54°19′19″N 21°9′25″E / 54.32194°N 21.15694°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol
Population 90

Gaj [ɡai̯] (German: Grünhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) northeast of Sępopol, 25 km (16 mi) east of Bartoszyce, and 74 km (46 mi) northeast of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The village has a population of 90.

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Coordinates: 54°19′19″N 21°9′25″E / 54.32194°N 21.15694°E