Białorzeczka

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| name = Białorzeczka

| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Sejny

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Giby

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| population_total = 36{{Cite web|url=https://www.polskawliczbach.pl/wies_Bialorzeczka |title=Population of Białorzeczka village |access-date= 2021-11-04 }}

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 16-506 {{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162405/https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf |title= Official list of post codes|date= October 2013|page= 26|archive-url = https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf |archive-date= 2014-02-22}}

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Białorzeczka {{IPAc-pl|b|j|a|ł|o|'|ż|e|cz|k|a}}, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Giby, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of Sejny and {{convert|105|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the regional capital Białystok.

History

In 1890 the population of the village was numbered at 40 people and 6 homes.{{Cite web |year=1890 |title=Białorzeczka |url=http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_XV_cz.1/129 |page=129 |language=Polish}}

According to the First General Population Census carried out in 1921, Białorzeczko had 9 houses and was inhabited by 62 people. At that time, the village had a bi-national and bi-confessional character, as 51 inhabitants of the village declared Roman Catholicism, while the remaining 11 declared Old Believers' religion. The religious division of Białorzeczko's inhabitants coincided with their national-ethnic structure, as 51 people declared Polish nationality, while the remaining 11 declared Russian national identity.{{Cite web |year=1924 |title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych |trans-title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: compiled from the results of the first general population census of 30 September 1921 and other official sources |url=https://pbc.biaman.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=27140&dirids=1 |page=69 (78) |language=Polish}}

References

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{{Gmina Giby}}

Category:Suwałki Voivodeship

Category:Villages in Sejny County

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