Choczewo
Choczewo
Chòczewò | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Cultural center and library | |
Choczewo | |
| Coordinates: 54°44′27″N 17°53′31″E / 54.74083°N 17.89194°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Wejherowo |
| Gmina | Choczewo |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,310 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84-210[1] |
| Vehicle registration | GWE |
Choczewo ([xɔˈt͡ʂɛvɔ]; Kashubian: Chòczewò) is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Choczewo. It is located in the historic region of Pomerania.[3]
Choczewo lies on a disused railway line from Wejherowo to Garczegorze (PKP rail line 230), and had a station on it on the north side of the village.
It is home to an 18th-century manor house of the Dzięcielski family, which now houses a cultural center and library.
In 2011, Choczewo was selected, along with two other sites (Gąski and Żarnowiec), to host the first Polish nuclear power plant, scheduled to be built 9 years later. In 2014, a government study postponed the opening of this first Polish plant to 2024. Then, in early 2015, the Minister of Finance postponed commissioning to 2027.[4]
On 22 December 2021, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced the preferred location for Poland's first commercial nuclear power plant at a site called Lubiatowo-Kopalino, northwest to the village.[5]
Images of Choczewo
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Gmina office
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Route 213, the main street of Choczewo
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War memorial beside the 213 road in the center of Choczewo. The inscription reads: "To those who fell in the battles for the liberation of the Choczewo region"
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Our Lady Queen of Poland church
References
- ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa. 1880. p. 604.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 2021/04/22/35-years-after-chernobyl-the-Polish-puzzle Poland: 35 years after Chernobyl, the nuclear puzzle – April 22, 2021 by Beata Cymerman, HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG
- ^ https://ppej.pl/en/news/preferred-site-of-the-first-polish-nuclear-power-plant-indicated-by-investor "Preferred site of the first Polish nuclear power plant indicated by investor"; 22 December 2021