Ogórki Explained

Ogórki
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:54.2333°N 38°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:71 [1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-515 [2]
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BSE

Ogórki (translation: Cucumbers; lt|Agurkiai) 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 5km (03miles) south-east of Puńsk, 160NaN0 north-west of Sejny, and 1250NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 68 and 8 homes and in 1886 it was numbered at 112 people and 13 homes.[4]

According to the First General Population Census of 1921, the village of Ogórki had 15 houses and 82 inhabitants. At that time, all inhabitants of the village declared Roman Catholicism. At the same time, the majority of the village inhabitants declared Lithuanian nationality (81 people), the remaining one person declared Polish nationality.[5]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Ogórki village . 2021-10-10.
  2. Web site: Official list of post codes. October 2013. 814. 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: Ogórki (2) . live . Warsaw . 1886 . 406.
  5. Web site: Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych. Warsaw. 1924 . 87(96).