Chanie | |
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 |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.4833°N 31°W |
Chanie 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) north-east of Nurzec-Stacja, 200NaN0 east of Siemiatycze, and 710NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 818 people, among whom 2 were Roman Catholic, 726 Orthodox, and 7 Mosaic. At the same time, 4 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 77 Belarusian. There were 17 residential buildings in the village.[2]