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{{see also|Okalewo, Greater Poland Voivodeship}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Okalewo
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type = &nbsp;
| image_skyline = Okalewo, kościół Matki Boskiej Szkaplerznej.jpg
| image_caption = Our Lady of the Scapular church in Okalewo
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Kuyavian-Pomeranian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Rypin County|Rypin]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Skrwilno|Skrwilno]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53|4|N|19|37|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 900
| registration_plate = CRY
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Voivodeship road]]s
| blank_info_sec2 = [[File:DW563-PL.svg|32px]]
}}
'''Okalewo''' {{IPAc-pl|o|k|a|'|l|e|w|o}} is a village in the administrative district of [[Gmina Skrwilno]], within [[Rypin County]], [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]], in north-central Poland.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa|title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) &ndash; TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)|date=2008-06-01|language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0}} north of [[Skrwilno]], {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Rypin]], and {{convert|68|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Toruń]].
==History==
In 1827, the village had a population of 341.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII|year=1886|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=421}}</ref> A steam mill was built in 1869.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII|page=422}}</ref>
During the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation of Poland]] ([[World War II]]), local teachers were among Polish teachers from the county deceitfully gathered at a supposed formal meeting and then massacred in [[Rypin]] in November 1939 (see ''[[Intelligenzaktion]]'').<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|pages=173–174}}</ref> Furthermore, a Polish teacher from [[Sławianowo]] was murdered by the occupiers in the forest of Okalewo.<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 81</ref>
==Notable people==
*[[Czesław Młot-Fijałkowski]] (1892–1944), brigadier general of the Polish Army
==References==
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{{Gmina Skrwilno}}
[[Category:Villages in Rypin County]]
{{Rypin-geo-stub}}