Żwikiele Explained

Żwikiele
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sejny
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Puńsk
Coordinates:54.2°N 38°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:137 [1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-515 [2]
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BSE

Żwikiele (; lt|Žvikeliai) 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 8km (05miles) south-east of Puńsk, 120NaN0 north-west of Sejny, and 1210NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

History

The noble village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[4]

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 104 and 16 homes and in 1895 it was numbered at 330 people and 40 homes.[5]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Żwikiele village . 2021-11-04 .
  2. Web site: Official list of post codes. October 2013. 1629. https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf . 2014-02-22.
  3. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  4. Book: Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі . 2013 . 2nd . Minsk . 87.
  5. Web site: 1895 . Żwikiele . 873 . Polish . Warsaw.