{{Infobox settlement | name = Ruciane-Nida | image_flag = POL Ruciane-Nida flag.svg | image_shield = POL Ruciane-Nida COA.svg | image_skyline = Ruciane Nida - przystań - panoramio.jpg | image_caption = Marina in Ruciane-Nida | pushpin_map = Poland | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Pisz | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Ruciane-Nida | established_title = Town rights | established_date = 1966 | area_total_km2 = 17.07 | population_as_of = 2006 | population_total = 4894 | population_density_km2 = auto | coordinates = {{coord|53|38|33|N|21|32|57|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 12-220 - 12-221 | website = http://www.ruciane-nida.pl }} '''Ruciane-Nida''' {{IPAc-pl|r|u|'|ć|a|n|e|-|'|ń|i|d|a}} is a town in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.{{TERYT}} The town was formed in 1966 by the merger of three smaller settlements: Ruciane ({{langx|de|Rudczanny}}, renamed ''Niedersee'' in 1938<ref name=ONV>{{cite book|title=Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße |author=M. Kaemmerer|year=2004| ISBN= 3-7921-0368-0 |language=German}}</ref>), Nida (German: ''Nieden''<ref name=ONV/>) and Wola Ratajowa. It is located within the ethnographic region of Masuria.
The town of Ruciane-Nida is a well-known tourist centre within the Masurian Lake District, with a popular railway line running through it: a D29-219 line – Olsztyn – Szczytno – Świętajno – Pisz – Ełk. In the summer, it becomes the furthermost Southern station of the Masurian Recreational Navigation system.
As of 2004, the town had a population of 4,934.
== Sights == * Guzianka Lock, Nida Canal * Our Lady of Mercy Gate of Dawn church (''Kościół Matki Bożej Miłosierdzia Ostrobramskiej'') from 1910 (in Ruciane) * Historical seed extraction plant from late 19th century * Military bunkers from before the World Wars, early 20th century * Nature monuments: pine, oak <gallery widths=140> File:Ruciane-Nida.jpg|Nidzkie Lake with the Nida panorama in the background File:Kanał nidzki - panoramio.jpg|Nida Canal File:Ruciane-Nida.03.jpg|Dworcowa Street File:Ruciane-Nida, kościół MB Ostrobramskiej.jpg|Our Lady of Mercy church </gallery>
== See also == * Puszcza Piska * Masuria
== References == {{reflist}} * [http://www.ruciane-nida.pl/ Official town webpage] * {{in lang|pl}} [http://www.bip.ruciane-nida.pl/ Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Urzędu Miasta i Gminy]
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Category:Cities and towns in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Category:Pisz County
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