Borysowszczyzna | |
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: | 52.4333°N 29°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Borysowszczyzna 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 4km (02miles) south of Nurzec-Stacja, 170NaN0 east of Siemiatycze, and 760NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 135 people, among whom 17 were Roman Catholic, 102 Orthodox, and 16 Mosaic. At the same time, 85 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 35 Belarusian and 15 Jewish. There were 18 residential buildings in the village.[2]