Skarkiszki

Skarkiszki
Village
Skarkiszki is located in Poland
Skarkiszki
Skarkiszki
Coordinates: 54°12′N 23°18′E / 54.200°N 23.300°E / 54.200; 23.300
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population
106 [1]
Postal code
16-515 [2]
Car platesBSE

Skarkiszki ([skarˈkiʂki]; Lithuanian: Skarkiškiai[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 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 121 km (75 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 8 and 1 house and in 1889 it was numbered at 44 people and 8 homes.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Population of Skarkiszki village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1154. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-04.
  3. ^ VLKK 2002.
  4. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  5. ^ "Skarkiszki" (in Polish). Warsaw. 1889. p. 650.

Sources


Stub icon

This Sejny County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.