Choczewo
Village in Kashubia
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Choczewo ([xɔˈt͡ʂɛvɔ]; Kashubian: Chòczewò) is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Choczewo. It is located in the historic region of Pomerania.[3]
Choczewo
Chòczewò | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Cultural center and library | |
  Choczewo | |
| Coordinates: 54°44′27″N 17°53′31″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Wejherowo |
| Gmina | Choczewo |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,310 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84-210[1] |
| Vehicle registration | GWE |
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 an 18th-century manor house of the Dzięcielski family, which now houses a cultural center and library.
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.[4]
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.[5]
Images of Choczewo
Gmina office
Route 213, the main street of Choczewo
War memorial beside the 213 road in the center of Choczewo. The inscription reads: "To those who fell in the battles for the liberation of the Choczewo region"
Our Lady Queen of Poland church
