Krejwiany, Sejny County Explained

See also: Krejwiany, Suwałki County.

Krejwiany
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:54.2586°N 23.195°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Population Total:161 [1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-515 [2]
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BSE

Krejwiany (; lt|Kreivėnai) 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]

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

History

In 1827 the village population numbered 19 with 27 homes and in 1883 it the population numbered 230 with 31 homes.[4]

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

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Krejwiany.
  2. Web site: Official list of post codes. October 2013. 618. 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. Web site: Krejwiany(2) . Warsaw . 1883. 661 .
  5. Web site: Szubański 1993 . 275.