Widugiery Explained

Widugiery
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 43°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:143 [1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-515 [2] \
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BSE

Widugiery (; lt|Vidugiriai lit. middle of the forest) 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 12km (07miles) south-east of Puńsk, 100NaN0 north 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.[4]

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 175 and 18 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 409 people and 43 homes.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Widugery village . 2021-11-04 .
  2. Web site: Official list of post codes. October 2013. 1447. 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.
  5. Web site: 1893 . Widugiery . live . 292-293 . Warsaw.
  6. Web site: September 2024 . 2018-04-04 . Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie . live.