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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Łąg
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type = &nbsp;
| image_skyline = Kościół Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Łęgu.jpg
| image_caption = Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Łąg
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Pomeranian Voivodeship|Pomeranian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chojnice County|Chojnice]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Czersk|Czersk]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53|49|45|N|18|3|52|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = GCH
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1135
| website = http://solectwo-lag.go.pl/
}}
'''Łąg''' {{IPAc-pl|ł|o|n|k}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Czersk]], within [[Chojnice County]], [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} north-east of [[Czersk]], {{convert|37|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of [[Chojnice]], and {{convert|71|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital [[Gdańsk]]. It is located within the historic region of [[Pomerania]].
==History==
Łąg was a royal village of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Polish Crown]], administratively located in the Tuchola County in the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomeranian Voivodeship]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Biskup|first1=Marian|last2=Tomczak|first2=Andrzej|year=1955|title=Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.|language=pl|location=Toruń|page=124}}</ref>
In 1904, a local branch of the [[Polish Sokół movement|"Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society]] was founded in the village.
During the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation of Poland]] ([[World War II]]), in 1942, the Germans carried out [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expulsions of Poles]], who were initially held in the [[Potulice concentration camp]], and then some were deported to [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] in Germany, while their farms were handed over to [[Germans|German]] colonists as part of the ''[[Lebensraum]]'' policy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2017|title=Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=121|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}</ref>
==Locations==
* [[Łąg Południowy railway station]]
==Notable people==
* {{ill|Augustyn Worzałła|pl}} (1837–1905), Polish Catholic priest and activist, local parish priest
==References==
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{{Gmina Czersk}}
[[Category:Villages in Chojnice County]]
{{Chojnice-geo-stub}}