Cewice

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Cewice

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =  

| image_skyline = Cewice - kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP (2).jpg

| image_caption = Church of the Assumption of Mary in Cewice

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Lębork

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Cewice

| coordinates = {{coord|54|26|11|N|17|44|7|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = right

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = GLE

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| population_total = 1687

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Cewice {{IPAc-pl|c|e|'|w|i|c|e}} ({{Langx|de|Zewitz}})Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer is a village in Lębork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cewice.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Lębork and {{convert|59|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Germans murdered Polish priest, activist and founder of the Polska Żyje Polish resistance organisation, {{interlanguage link|Edmund Roszczynialski|pl|display=1}}, in the village.{{cite web|url=http://www.swzygmunt.knc.pl/MARTYROLOGIUM/POLISHRELIGIOUS/vPOLISH/HTMs/POLISHRELIGIOUSmartyr2331.htm|title=Edmund Roszczynialski|accessdate=12 December 2020|language=Polish}}

References

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{{Gmina Cewice}}

Category:Villages in Lębork County

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