Ogórki
Ogórki | |
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Village | |
  Ogórki | |
| Coordinates: 54°14′N 23°15′E / 54.233°N 23.250°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 71 [1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Ogórki ([ɔˈɡurki], translation: Cucumbers; Lithuanian: Agurkiai[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] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 125 km (78 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.
History
[edit]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.[5]
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.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Ogórki village". Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 814. 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.
- ^ "Ogórki (2)". Warsaw. 1886. p. 406.
- ^ "Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych". Warsaw. 1924. p. 87(96).
Sources
[edit]- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
