Skarkiszki
Skarkiszki ([skarˈkiʂki]; Lithuanian: Skarkiškiai) 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 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.
References
- ^ "Population of Skarkiszki village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1154. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-04.
- ^ VLKK 2002.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Skarkiszki" (in Polish). Warsaw. 1889. p. 650.
Sources
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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