Sępopol

Sępopol

Saint Michael, the Archangel Church

Coat of arms
Sępopol
Coordinates: 54°16′5″N 21°0′1″E / 54.26806°N 21.00028°E / 54.26806; 21.00028
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol
Area
  Total 4.63 km2 (1.79 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 2,015
  Density 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Postal code 11-210
Website http://www.sepopol.pl
view from the Church tower

Sępopol [sɛmˈpɔpɔl] (German: Schippenbeil) is a town in Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,025 inhabitants (2004).

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

Notable residents

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Coordinates: 54°16′N 21°01′E / 54.267°N 21.017°E / 54.267; 21.017

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