Wojtokiemie
Wojtokiemie | |
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Village | |
  Wojtokiemie | |
| Coordinates: 54°13′N 23°13′E / 54.217°N 23.217°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 129 [1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Wojtokiemie ([vɔi̯tɔˈkʲɛmjɛ]; Lithuanian: Vaitakiemis[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 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 15 km (9 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.
Teacher and ethnographer, activist for the Lithuanian minority in Poland Aldona Wojciechowska was born here.
History
[edit]In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 173 and 29 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 510 people and 50 homes.[5]
Tourist attractions
[edit]- homestead no. 3, 3rd quarter of the 19th century:[6]
- wooden house
- wooden pigsty
- wooden granary
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Wojtokiemie village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1475. 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.
- ^ "Wojtokiemie". Warsaw. 1893. p. 768.
- ^ "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie" (PDF). 30 September 2024. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
Sources
[edit]- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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