Bocień

Bocień
Village
Bocień
Coordinates: 53°14′45″N 18°44′34″E / 53.24583°N 18.74278°E / 53.24583; 18.74278
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Toruń County
Gmina	Gmina Chełmża

Bocień [ˈbɔt͡ɕeɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Chełmża and 26 km (16 mi) north of Toruń.

Bocień was the location of the German concentration camp Bottschin, a subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof.

References

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

Gmina Chełmża

Villages	Bielczyny Bocień Bogusławki Brąchnówko Browina Drzonówko Dziemiony Dźwierzno Głuchowo Głuchowo-Windak Grodno Grzegorz Grzywna Januszewo Kiełbasin Kończewice Kuczwały Liznowo Mirakowo Morczyny Nawra Nowa Chełmża Parowa Falęcka Pluskowęsy Skąpe Sławkowo Strużal Świętosław Szerokopas Witkowo Zajączkowo Zalesie Zelgno Zelgno-Bezdół

Seat (not part of the gmina)	Chełmża

Coordinates: 53°14′45″N 18°44′34″E / 53.24583°N 18.74278°E / 53.24583; 18.74278

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