Giłujsze

Giłujsze
Village
Giłujsze
Coordinates: 54°17′21″N 23°11′8″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Puńsk
Population	39[1]
Postal code	16-411[2]
Car plates	BSE

Giłujsze ([ɡiˈwui̯ʂɛ]; Lithuanian: Giluišiai[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]

From 1975–1998 the village belonged administratively to the Suwałki Voivodeship.

History

In 1881 the Villages population was numbered at 160 people and 22 residential houses.[5]

According to the First General Population Census of 1921, the village of Gilujsze had 9 houses and 46 inhabitants. At that time, all inhabitants of the village declared Roman Catholicism as their religion and Lithuanian nationality. In the interwar period, Giłujsze was located in the municipality of Andrzejewo.[6]

References

1. "population of Gilujsze village". Retrieved 2021-10-10.
2. "Official Postal code list" (PDF). October 2013. p. 296. 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. "Giłujsze". Warsaw. 1881. p. 571.
6. "Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych". 1924. p. 81.

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.