Jantar (german: Pasewark, formerly known in Polish between 1945 and 1947 as ''Paców'') is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Stegna
__NOTOC__
Gmina Stegna is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
The gmina seat is Stegna, which lies approximately north of Nowy Dwór Gdański and east of the regi ...
, within
Nowy Dwór Gdański County,
Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
It lies approximately north of
Nowy Dwór Gdański
Nowy Dwor Gdanski (; ; formerly german: Tiegenhof) is a town in Poland on the Tuja river in the Żuławy Wiślane region, capital of Nowy Dwór Gdański County, located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, with 10,171 inhabitants (2012).
History
The s ...
and east of the regional capital
Gdańsk.
The word "Jantar" comes from the
Lithuanian word for
amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects."Amber" (2004). In ...
.
The village has a population of 1008.
Gallery
File:Jantar beach.jpg, Beach to the west of Jantar (summer).
File:Jantar plaza 2.jpg, Sea ice on the beach in Jantar (winter).
See also
*
Junoszyno
*
Mikoszewo
References
Jantar
{{NowyDwórGdański-geo-stub