Żodzie Explained

Żodzie
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Mońki
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Mońki
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:53.4406°N 22.7319°W
Population Total:50

Żodzie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mońki, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1]

Etymologically the name of the village is connected with jaćwieskim or Lithuanian language. Probably was formed in 1501 year as a four-beam emoluments of the church preacher in the nearby Goniadz. For about 300 years were Żodzie village church. At the end of the eighteenth century, the fund missed church. Spirit and Żodzie ceased to be a village church.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.