Jastrzębia Góra is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
on the south coast of the
Baltic Sea
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in the
Kashubia
Kashubia or Cassubia ( or ; ; or ) is an ethnocultural region in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northern Poland. It is inhabited by the Kashubian people, and many in the region have historically spoken the Kashubian langua ...
, in the administrative district of
Gmina Władysławowo
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Gmina Władysławowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the city of Władysławowo.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2013 its total population ...
, within
Puck County __NOTOC__
Puck County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. The ''powiat'' of this name existed in the history of Poland, since the times of th ...
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...
, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of
Władysławowo
WÅ‚adysÅ‚awowo (Kashubian language, Kashubian/Pomeranian language, Pomeranian: ''Wiôlgô Wies'' ˆvʲɞlÉ¡Éž ˈvʲɛs ) is a city on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in Kashubia in the Pomerelia region, northern Poland, with 9,363 inhabitant ...
, north-west of
Puck, and north-west of the regional capital
Gdańsk
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. Prior to January 1, 2015, it was a part of the town Władysławowo.
For details of the history of the region, see
History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans (western), Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split betw ...
.
Gallery
File:Jastrzębia góra.jpg, Beach at Jastrzębia Góra
File:Jastrzębia Góra - beach.jpg
File:Jastrzębia Góra - Dom Whisky 1.jpg, Whisky house, Jastrzębia Góra
File:JastrzębiaGóra dom-do-góry-nogami-2.jpg, Upside down house in Jastrzębia Góra
File:Gwiazda Północy - Jastrzębia Góra.jpg, "North Star
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" the northernmost point in Poland
File:Jastrzębia Góra Promenada światowida.jpg
References
Villages in Puck County
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