Masuny

Masuny
Village
Masuny
Coordinates: 54°19′N 21°3′E / 54.317°N 21.050°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol

Masuny [maˈsunɨ] (German: Massaunen) 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 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Sępopol, 18 km (11 mi) north-east of Bartoszyce, and 70 km (43 mi) north-east 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.

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Coordinates: 54°19′00″N 21°03′00″E / 54.3167°N 21.0500°E