Żwikiele
Żwikiele | |
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Village | |
  Żwikiele | |
| Coordinates: 54°12′N 23°15′E / 54.200°N 23.250°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 137 [1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Żwikiele ([ʐviˈkʲɛlɛ]; Lithuanian: Žvikeliai[3]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[4] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 12 km (7 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 121 km (75 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.
History
[edit]The noble village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[5]
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 104 and 16 homes and in 1895 it was numbered at 330 people and 40 homes.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Żwikiele village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1629. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ^ VLKK 2002.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі (2nd ed.). Minsk. 2013. p. 87.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Żwikiele" (in Polish). Warsaw. 1895. p. 873.
Sources
[edit]- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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