Rogity

Rogity
Village
Rogity
Coordinates: 54°23′9″N 19°52′12″E / 54.38583°N 19.87000°E / 54.38583; 19.87000
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Gmina Braniewo
Population 390

Rogity [rɔˈɡitɨ] (German: Regitten) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Braniewo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Braniewo and 79 km (49 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772, 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The village has a population of 390.

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Coordinates: 54°23′9″N 19°52′12″E / 54.38583°N 19.87000°E / 54.38583; 19.87000

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