Perły

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Perły

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =  

| image_skyline = Perly.jpg

| image_caption =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Węgorzewo

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Węgorzewo

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1558

| pushpin_map = Poland

| coordinates = {{coord|54|17|53|N|21|39|52|E|display=title,inline}}

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| elevation_m =

| population_total =

| registration_plate = NWE

}}

Perły ({{IPAc-pl|'|p|e|r|ł|y}}, Polish for 'pearls'; {{langx|de|Perlswalde}}) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgorzewo, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian 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 is located in the region of Masuria, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.

History

The village was founded in 1558. In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 410, Polish by ethnicity, living off farming and horse and cattle breeding.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII|year=1887|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=12}}

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