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Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Wojtokiemie
Village
Wojtokiemie is located in PolandWojtokiemieWojtokiemie
Coordinates: 54°13′N 23°13′E / 54.217°N 23.217°E / 54.217; 23.217
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population129
Postal code16-515
Car platesBSE

Wojtokiemie (; Lithuanian: Vaitakiemis) 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. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 15 km (9 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 123 km (76 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

Teacher and ethnographer, activist for the Lithuanian minority in Poland Aldona Wojciechowska was born here.

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.

Tourist attractions

  • homestead no. 3, 3rd quarter of the 19th century:
  • wooden house
  • wooden pigsty
  • wooden granary

References

  1. "Population of Wojtokiemie village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1475. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
  3. VLKK 2002.
  4. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  5. "Wojtokiemie". Warsaw. 1893. p. 768.
  6. "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie" (PDF). 30 September 2024. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

Sources

Gmina Puńsk
Seat Coat of arms
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