Krejwiany, Sejny County

See also: Krejwiany, Suwałki County

Krejwiany
Village
Krejwiany
Coordinates: 54°15′31″N 23°11′42″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Puńsk
Population	161 [1]
Postal code	16-515 [2]
Car plates	BSE

Krejwiany ([krɛi̯ˈvjanɨ]; Lithuanian: Kreivėnai[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 was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship

History

In 1827 the village population numbered 19 with 27 homes and in 1883 it the population numbered 230 with 31 homes.[5]

In the inter-war period a guard post of the Border Protection Corps was stationed here.[6]

References

1. "Population of Krejwiany".
2. "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 618. 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. "Krejwiany(2)". Warsaw. 1883. p. 661.
6. "Szubański 1993". p. 275.

Sources

• VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).