Choczewo

Summary

Choczewo ([xɔˈt͡ʂɛvɔ]) is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Choczewo.[1] It lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Wejherowo and 64 km (40 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Choczewo
Village
Choczewo is located in Poland
Choczewo
Choczewo
Coordinates: 54°44′27″N 17°53′31″E / 54.74083°N 17.89194°E / 54.74083; 17.89194
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyWejherowo
GminaChoczewo
Population
1,310

Choczewo lies on a disused railway line from Wejherowo to Garczegorze (PKP rail line 230), and had a station on it on the north side of the village.

It is home to the Choczewo Municipal Education Team, which is housed in the 18th-century manor house of the von Dzięcielski family in the southern part of the village.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

In 2011, Choczewo was selected, along with two other sites (Gąski and Żarnowiec), to host the first Polish nuclear power plant, scheduled to be built 9 years later. In 2014, a government study postponed the opening of this first Polish plant to 2024. Then, in early 2015, the Minister of Finance postponed commissioning to 2027.[2]

On 22 December 2021, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced the preferred location for Poland's first commercial nuclear power plant at a site called Lubiatowo-Kopalino, northwest to the village.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ 2021/04/22/35-years-after-chernobyl-the-Polish-puzzle Poland: 35 years after Chernobyl, the nuclear puzzle – April 22, 2021 by Beata Cymerman, HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG
  3. ^ https://ppej.pl/en/news/preferred-site-of-the-first-polish-nuclear-power-plant-indicated-by-investor "Preferred site of the first Polish nuclear power plant indicated by investor"; 22 December 2021

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