Wiłkopedzie ([viu̯kɔˈpɛd͡ʑɛ]; Lithuanian: Vilkapėdžiai[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 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 10 km (6 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 119 km (74 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
Wiłkopedzie | |
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Village | |
  Wiłkopedzie | |
| Coordinates: 54°11′9″N 23°16′29″E / 54.18583°N 23.27472°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 81 [1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.
Geography
editThe village is located in the East Suwałki Lake District north of Lake Szejpiszki in the Protected Landscape Area on the Dziedulka River, a tributary of the Marycha River.
History
editIn 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 98 and 13 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 225 people and 22 homes.[5]
From 1957 the villages administartion was governed by the Białystok Voivodeship until 1975 when the Suwałki Voivodeship was created and the village was administratively governed by them until the year 1998.
Transport
editThe village is located on the Sejny Land cycle trail Rygol - Zaboryszki leading through undulating, forested areas of the lake district in the borderland largely inhabited by Lithuanians; on the trail there are numerous monuments of Lithuanian folk architecture.
References
edit- ^ "Population of Wilkopedz village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1457. 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.
- ^ "Wiłkopedzie". Warsaw. 1893. p. 541.
Sources
edit- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).