Sejwy
Sejwy | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Sejwy | |
| Coordinates: 54°12′35″N 23°11′33″E / 54.20972°N 23.19250°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 66[1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Sejwy ([ˈsɛi̯vɨ]; Lithuanian: Seivas[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]
History
The royal village of the Grodno economy 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 56 and 3 homes and in 1889 it was numbered at 39 people and 10 homes.[6]
In the period of the Second Republic of Poland, Colonel Włodzimierz Wołkowicki became a military settler in the Sejwy.[7]
Until 1952 the village was the seat of the gmina Sejwy.
References
- ^ "Population of Sejwy village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ^ VLKK 2002.
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі (in Belarusian). 2013. p. 86.
- ^ "Sejwy". Warsaw. 1889. p. 420.
- ^ "Military settlements - complete list" (PDF). 2016-07-24.
Sources
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
