Mielno (german: Groß Möllen or ) is a resort town in
Koszalin County
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Koszalin County ( pl, powiat koszaliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result ...
,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...
, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(administrative district) called
Gmina Mielno
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Gmina Mielno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Mielno, a resort on the Baltic Sea coast.
The gmina covers an area of , a ...
.
It lies approximately north-west of
Koszalin
Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-stat ...
and north-east of the regional capital
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
. The town has a population of 3,200.
Mielno is a well-known tourist destination with sandy beaches on the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
coast. It lies on a
spit between the sea and the large
Jamno lake. It is contiguous with the neighbouring resort of
Unieście
Unieście (German: ''Nest'') is a coastal village in the administrative district of Gmina Mielno, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Koszalin and north-east of the r ...
.
Nuclear power plant controversy
The nearby village of
Gąski is one of three sites selected by Polish power company
PGE in November 2011 to host a nuclear power station with a capacity of 3 gigawatts. In February 2012, residents voted overwhelmingly against the plan. Some 94 percent of the 2,389 people who took part in a referendum opposed the plant and only 5 percent supported it.
Notable people
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Reni Jusis
Reni Jusis (born March 29, 1974, in Konin, raised in Mielno) is a Polish pop singer, songwriter and producer. At first, Jusis recorded R&B music, which evolved into electronic dance style in later albums. After ten years of her career, she record ...
(born 1974 in Konin, raised in Mielno) is a female Polish pop singer, songwriter and producer.
Gallery
File:Mielno aerial.jpg, Aerial view
File:Baltivia2.jpg, Mielno beach
File:Mielno promenada.jpg, Promenade
File:Kościół Przemienienia Pańskiego w Mielnie.jpg, Church of the Transfiguration
References
Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Coastal cities and towns in Poland
Koszalin County
Seaside resorts in Poland
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