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Poluńce

Coordinates: 54°15′N 23°19′E / 54.250°N 23.317°E / 54.250; 23.317
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Poluńce
Village
Poluńce is located in Poland
Poluńce
Poluńce
Coordinates: 54°15′N 23°19′E / 54.250°N 23.317°E / 54.250; 23.317
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population
96[1]
Postal code
16-515 [2]
Car platesBSE

Poluńce ([pɔˈluɲt͡sɛ]; Lithuanian: Paliūnai[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 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Puńsk, 16 km (10 mi) north of Sejny, and 127 km (79 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship

History

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In the Inter-war period a guard post of the Border Protection Corps was stationed here.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Population of Pilunce village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
  3. ^ VLKK 2002.
  4. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  5. ^ "Border Protection Corps".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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