Żerczyce | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Siemiatycze |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Nurzec-Stacja |
Coordinates: | 52.4833°N 28°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Żerczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nurzec-Stacja, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north of Nurzec-Stacja, 170NaN0 north-east of Siemiatycze, and 710NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 271 people, among whom 19 were Roman Catholic, 248 Orthodox, and 4 Mosaic. At the same time, 27 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 240 Belarusian and 4 Jewish. There were 51 residential buildings in the village.[2]