Babalice

Babalice
Village
Babalice
Coordinates: 53°29′22″N 19°17′9″E / 53.48944°N 19.28583°E / 53.48944; 19.28583
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Nowe Miasto
Gmina Biskupiec
Population 80

Babalice [babaˈlit͡sɛ] (German: Babalitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupiec, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Biskupiec, 22 km (14 mi) west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and 87 km (54 mi) west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The village has a population of 80.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 53°29′22″N 19°17′9″E / 53.48944°N 19.28583°E / 53.48944; 19.28583

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