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Nowe Warpno Town hall in Nowe Warpno, built 1697, one of the most distinctive town halls in Poland
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Nowe WarpnoCoordinates: 53°43′N 14°16′E / 53.717°N 14.267°E Country 
PolandVoivodeship West Pomeranian County Police Gmina Nowe Warpno Area – Total 24.56 km2 (9.5 sq mi) Population (2006) – Total 1,170 – Density 47.6/km2 (123.4/sq mi) Postal code 72-022 Nowe Warpno [ˈnɔvɛ ˈvarpnɔ] (German: Neuwarp) is a town in northwestern Poland, in Police County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of the Szczecin Lagoon, very close to the border with Germany. It is the seat of the urban-rural gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nowe Warpno.
The town's population is 1,170 (according to figures for 2006). The rural part of its gmina has the lowest population density of any such division in Poland, with only 2.09 persons/km²; the town's density (48.8/km²) raises the overall population density of the gmina to 7.88/km², still the fourth lowest in Poland.
Before World War II the town was in Germany, and was known by its German name, Neuwarp. It was transferred to Poland in 1945 as part of the territorial changes agreed at the Potsdam Conference.
The town is located on the inlet of Neuwarp Bay on the southern shore of the Szczecin Lagoon. Across an 800 meter wide strait lies the town of Altwarp in the German part of Pomerania. (Alt and Neu mean "old" and "new" in German; in Polish Nowe also means "new".) A small uninhabitated island being part of Nowe Warpno lies only 70 meters off the coast of Altwarp.
A ferry runs between Nowe Warpno and Altwarp (Stare Warpno) across the German border. There used to be a duty free shop onboard but this ended when Poland joined the European Union.
Nearby Podgrodzie is in Nowe Warpno district (in the past it was a separate locality). It lies on a picturesque headland with several vacation centres.
Towns and cities near Nowe Warpno
- Police, Poland
- Szczecin (Poland)
- Eggesin (Germany)
- Ueckermünde (Germany)
- Torgelow (Germany)
- Pasewalk (Germany)
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Coordinates: 53°43′25″N 14°17′00″E / 53.72361°N 14.2833333°E
Town and seat Nowe Warpno
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