Bytonia | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 53°55′6″N 18°16′43″E / 53.91833°N 18.27861°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Starogard |
Gmina | Zblewo |
Highest elevation | 136 m (446 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
Population | 966 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Bytonia [bɨˈtɔɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zblewo, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Zblewo, 18 km (11 mi) west of Starogard Gdański, and 55 km (34 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
Bytonia was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and restored to Poland, after Poland regained independence in 1918.