Szczaniec

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Szczaniec

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Szczaniec widok na centralną część wsi aerial 2024.jpg

| image_caption = Aerial view of Szczaniec

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Lubusz

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Świebodzin

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Szczaniec

| coordinates = {{coord|52|16|N|15|41|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = right

| elevation_m =

| population_total = 1473

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = FSW

| website = http://www.szczaniec.pl

}}

Szczaniec {{IPAc-pl|'|sz|cz|a|ń|e1|c}} is a village in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szczaniec.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|11|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Świebodzin, {{convert|39|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Zielona Góra, and {{convert|60|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.

During World War II, in 1940–1941, Nazi Germany operated a forced labour camp for Jewish men in the village.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100001204|title=Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Stentsch|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=9 February 2025|language=de}}