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Sankury

Coordinates: 54°14′N 23°21′E / 54.233°N 23.350°E / 54.233; 23.350
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Sankury
Village
Sankury is located in Poland
Sankury
Sankury
Coordinates: 54°14′N 23°21′E / 54.233°N 23.350°E / 54.233; 23.350
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population
37[1]
Postal code
16-515 [2]
Car platesBSE

Sankury ([saŋˈkurɨ]; Lithuanian: Sankūrai) 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.[3] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Puńsk, 13 km (8 mi) north of Sejny, and 125 km (78 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.

A WOP watchtower was stationed in Sankury.

History

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In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 64 and 6 homes and in 1890 it was numbered at 82 people and 8 homes.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Population of Sankury village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
  3. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  4. ^ "Sonkury al. Sankury". Warsaw. 1890. p. 73.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)