Barany [baˈranɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Olecko and 126 km (78 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Barany was founded in 1562 by Stańko Baran and Błażej Krzywiński, who bought land to establish a village.

[2] As of 1600, the population of the village was solely Polish.

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