Pełele
Pełele ([pɛˈwɛlɛ]; Lithuanian: Peleliai) 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. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 123 km (76 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.
In June and July 2001, the filming of Squint Your Eyes took place in the Pełele.
History
The noble village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai Voivodeship
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 42 and 6 homes and in 1886 it was numbered at 166 people and 21 homes.
References
- ^ "Population of Pełele". 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 908. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ^ VLKK 2002.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі. Minsk. 2013. p. 87.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Pełele". Warsaw. 1886. p. 940.
Sources
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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