Both the lagoon and the Dziwna are part of Poland's internal waters.

[citation needed] Several settlements lie on the shores of the lagoon, notably (in order of population) Kamień Pomorski, Dziwnów, Międzywodzie, Wrzosowo and Dziwnówek.

There are also three small villages on Chrząszczewska Island: Chrząszczewo, Chrząszczewko and Buniewice.

[citation needed] In 1949, it officially became called Kamieński Zalew,[citation needed] and in 1991 the words in its name were reversed, its new name being Zalew Kamieński.

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