Tauroszyszki

Tauroszyszki
Village
Tauroszyszki
Coordinates: 54°13′38″N 23°18′10″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Puńsk
Population	51 [1]
Postal code	16-515 [2]
Car plates	BSE

Tauroszyszki ([tau̯rɔˈʂɨʂki]; Lithuanian: Taurusiškė,[3] Taurutiškė[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 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 12 and 2 homes and in 1892 it was numbered at 51 people and 2 homes.[5]

Tourist attractions

• A World War I Cemetery[6]

References

1. "Population of Tauroszys village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
2. "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1289. 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. "Tauroszyszki". Warsaw. 1892. p. 264.
6. "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie" (PDF). 30 September 2024. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

Sources

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