Oszkinie ([ɔʂˈkiɲɛ]; Lithuanian: Ožkiniai[3]) 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.[4] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Puńsk, 18 km (11 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

Oszkinie
Village
Oszkinie is located in Poland
Oszkinie
Oszkinie
Coordinates: 54°14′N 23°11′E / 54.233°N 23.183°E / 54.233; 23.183
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population
144 [1]
Postal code
16-515 [2]
Car platesBSE

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

History

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The noble village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai Voivodeship.[5]

The village was part of the Suwałki district in the 19th century, in 1827 the village population was numbered at 91 with 15 houses and in 1886 the population numbered at 288 with 35 houses.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Population of Oszkinie village". Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 894. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
  3. ^ VLKK 2002.
  4. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  5. ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі. Minsk. 2013. p. 86.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Oszkinie". Warsaw. 1886. p. 751.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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