Trakiszki
Trakiszki | |
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Village | |
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  Trakiszki | |
| Coordinates: 54°15′N 23°12′E / 54.250°N 23.200°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 91 [1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Trakiszki ([traˈkiʂki]; Lithuanian: Trakiškė,[3] Trakiškiai[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 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Puńsk, 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 126 km (78 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship
Lithuanian Prime Minister Juozas Ambrazevičius was born in Trakiszki.
History
[edit]The noble village located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[5]
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 68 and 8 homes and in 1892 it was numbered at 148 people and 21 homes.[6]
According to the First General Population Census of 1921, the village of Trakiszki had 26 houses and 122 inhabitants. At that time, all inhabitants of the village declared the Roman Catholic religion. At the same time, most of the inhabitants of the village declared Lithuanian nationality (113 people), the rest declared Polish nationality (9 people).[7]
Tourist attractions
[edit]- Wooden railway station, 1896[8]
Transport
[edit]Trakiszki has a railway station along the rail line connecting Poland's standard gauge network with Lithuania's Russian gauge system.
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Trakiszki village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1294. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ^ a b VLKK 2002.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі. Minsk. 2013. p. 86.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Trakiszki" (in Polish). Warsaw. 1892. p. 444.
- ^ "Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych" (in Polish). Warsaw. 1924. p. 87 (96).
- ^ "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie" (PDF) (in Polish). September 2024. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
Sources
[edit]- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
