Malesze

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Malesze

| settlement_type = Village

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| image_skyline = Cerkiew Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Maleszach 1.jpg

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Bielsk

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Wyszki

| coordinates = {{coord|52|47|38|N|22|57|48|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

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| population_total = 220

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Malesze {{IPAc-pl|m|a|'|l|e|sz|e}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa|title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)|date=2008-06-01|language=Polish}} It lies approximately {{convert|17|km|mi|0}} west of Bielsk Podlaski and {{convert|39|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital Białystok.

According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 285 people, among whom 76 were Roman Catholic, 195 Orthodox, and 14 Mosaic. At the same time, 71 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 198 Belarusian, 14 Jewish and 2 Russian. There were 53 residential buildings in the village.Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych., t. T. 5, województwo białostockie, 1924, s. 29.

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{{Gmina Wyszki}}

Category:Villages in Bielsk County

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