Wierśnie

Wierśnie
Village
Wierśnie
Coordinates: 54°2′N 23°18′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Giby
Population  (2021)	49 [1]
Postal code	16-506 [2]
SIMC	0757750[3]
Car plates	BSE

Wierśnie [ˈvjɛrɕɲɛ], is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Giby, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania.[4] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Sejny and 103 km (64 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 was 66 inhabitants and 8 homes, in 1893 it was recorded that the village had a population of 90 inhabitants and 4 homes.[5]

According to the First General Population Census, conducted in 1921, Wierśnie had 95 inhabitants, living in 18 houses. The vast majority of the village's inhabitants, 84 in number, declared the Old Believers' religion. The remainder reported a Roman Catholic religion (11 people). The religious division of the village inhabitants coincided with their national-ethnic structure, as 84 persons declared Russian nationality and the remaining 11 declared Polish nationality.[6]

References

1. "Population of Wierśnie village". Retrieved 2021-10-30.
2. "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1464. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
3. "GUS. Wyszukiwarka TERYT".
4. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
5. "Wierśnie 2(1)". Warsaw. 1893. p. 387.
6. "Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych". 1924. p. 70(79).