Narew, Podlaskie Voivodeship

For the river, see Narew.

Narew
Village
Roman Catholic church
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Narew
Coordinates: 52°54′46″N 23°31′15″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Hajnówka
Gmina	Narew
Population	1,400

Narew [ˈnarɛf] is a village in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Narew. It lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of Hajnówka and 33 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.

History

Narew was founded in 1514. It lost its city status on May 24, 1934. During World War II the Nazis took local Jews out of the city and later killed them.[2]

Demography

The most spoken languages in Narew according to the Russian Imperial Census of 1897:[3]

Language	Population	Proportion
Yiddish	601	41.91%
Ukrainian	532	37.1%
Polish	250	17.43%
Russian	46	3.21%
Lithuanian	3	0.21%
Belarusian	1	0.07%
German	1	0.07%
Total	1,434	100.00%

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Hawryluk, Jerzy (8 November 2018). "Над Бугом і Нарвою - український часопис Підляшшя". Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2020. (in Ukrainian)
3. "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России". Демоскоп Weekly. (in Russian)