Wołyńce, Sejny County

For other places with the same name, see Wołyńce.

Wołyńce
Village
Wołyńce
Coordinates: 54°16′N 23°15′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Puńsk
Population	138 [1]
Postal code	16-515 [2]
Car plates	BSE

Wołyńce ([vɔˈwɨɲt͡sɛ]; Lithuanian: Valinčiai[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 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Puńsk, 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 128 km (80 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

History

The noble village of the was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai Voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[5]

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 134 and 15 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 407 people and 28 homes.[6]

Tourist attractions

Cellar in farmhouse no. 4 (ex. 6), 2nd half of the 19th century.[7]

See also

• Wołyńce-Kolonia

References

1. "Population of Wolynce village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
2. "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1482. 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. Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі (2nd ed.). Minsk. 2013. p. 87.
6. "Wołyńce". Warsaw. 1893. p. 935.
7. "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie" (PDF). 2018-04-04. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

Sources

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