Poluńce

Poluńce
Village
Poluńce
Coordinates: 54°15′N 23°19′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Puńsk
Population	96[1]
Postal code	16-515 [2]
Car plates	BSE

Poluńce ([pɔˈluɲt͡sɛ]; Lithuanian: Paliūnai[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 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Puńsk, 16 km (10 mi) north of Sejny, and 127 km (79 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

History

In the Inter-war period a guard post of the Border Protection Corps was stationed here.[5]

References

1. "Population of Pilunce village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
2. "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 951. 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. "Border Protection Corps".

External links

• "Poluńce 1 (4)". Warsaw. 1887. p. 803.

Sources

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