Krejwiany, Sejny County
Krejwiany | |
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Village | |
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  Krejwiany | |
| Coordinates: 54°15′31″N 23°11′42″E / 54.25861°N 23.19500°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 161 [1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Krejwiany ([krɛi̯ˈvjanɨ]; Lithuanian: Kreivėnai[3]) 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.[4]
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship
History
[edit]In 1827 the village population numbered 19 with 27 homes and in 1883 it the population numbered 230 with 31 homes.[5]
In the inter-war period a guard post of the Border Protection Corps was stationed here.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Krejwiany".
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 618. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ^ VLKK 2002.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Krejwiany(2)". Warsaw. 1883. p. 661.
- ^ "Szubański 1993". p. 275.
Sources
[edit]- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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