Sankury
Sankury | |
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Village | |
  Sankury | |
| Coordinates: 54°14′N 23°21′E / 54.233°N 23.350°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 37[1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Sankury ([saŋˈkurɨ]; Lithuanian: Sankūrai) 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.[3] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Puńsk, 13 km (8 mi) north of Sejny, and 125 km (78 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.
A WOP watchtower was stationed in Sankury.
History
[edit]In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 64 and 6 homes and in 1890 it was numbered at 82 people and 8 homes.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Sankury village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Sonkury al. Sankury". Warsaw. 1890. p. 73.
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