Wojtokiemie
Wojtokiemie
Vaitakiemis | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Wojtokiemie Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 54°13′N 23°13′E / 54.217°N 23.217°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 129[1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Wojtokiemie ([vɔi̯tɔˈkʲɛmjɛ]; Lithuanian: Vaitakiemis[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]
History
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 173 and 29 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 510 people and 50 homes.[5]
The teacher, ethnographer, and activist for the Lithuanian minority in Poland Aldona Wojciechowska was born in Wojtokiemie in 1952.
Tourist attractions
- homestead no. 3, 3rd quarter of the 19th century:[6]
- wooden house
- wooden pigsty
- wooden granary
References
- ↑ "Population of Wojtokiemie village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ↑ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1475. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ↑ VLKK 2002.
- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ "Wojtokiemie". Warsaw. 1893. p. 768.
- ↑ "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie" (PDF). 30 September 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
Sources
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
