Wołyńce, Sejny County Explained

Wołyńce
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
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.2667°N 38°W
Population Total:138 [1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-515 [2]
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BSE

Wołyńce (; lt|Valinčiai) 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 6km (04miles) east of Puńsk, 190NaN0 north-west of Sejny, and 1280NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

History

The noble village of the 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 134 and 15 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 407 people and 28 homes.[5]

Tourist attractions

Cellar in farmhouse no. 4 (ex. 6), 2nd half of the 19th century.[6]

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Wolynce village . 2021-11-04 .
  2. Web site: Official list of post codes. October 2013. 1482. 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: 1893 . Wołyńce . live . 935 . Warsaw.
  6. Web site: 2018-04-04 . Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie . live . 30 September 2024.