Pełele
Pełele | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Pełele | |
| Coordinates: 54°13′N 23°17′E / 54.217°N 23.283°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 147 [1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Pełele ([pɛˈwɛlɛ]; Lithuanian: Peleliai[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, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 123 km (76 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.
In June and July 2001, the filming of Squint Your Eyes took place in the Pełele.
History
[edit]The noble village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai Voivodeship[5]
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 42 and 6 homes and in 1886 it was numbered at 166 people and 21 homes.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Pełele". 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 908. 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. Minsk. 2013. p. 87.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Pełele". Warsaw. 1886. p. 940.
Sources
[edit]- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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