Pilec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Reszel, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 10km south-east of Reszel, 15km south-west of Kętrzyn, and 54km north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The village has a population of 263.