Jasionówka, Mońki County Explained

Jasionówka
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:	Jasionówka
Pushpin Map:	Poland
Coordinates:	53.4°N 25°W
Population Total:	860
Population Footnotes:	(approx.)
Website:	http://www.jasionowka.pl

Jasionówka is a village in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jasionówka. It lies approximately 16km (10miles) east of Mońki and 330NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

Jasionówka had 1,154 Jewish residents in 1897, and 1,306 in 1921. Nearly all of them were murdered by the Germans in World War II.^[2]

Notable residents

• Rabbi Gedaliah Silverstone

Notes and References

1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
2. פנקס הקהילות : אנציקלופדיה שח היישובים היהודיים למן היווסדם ועד לאחר שואת מלחמת העולם השנייה. פולין. כרך שמיני, מחוזות וילנה, ביאליסטוק, נובוגרודק // (Transliterated title: Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Poland vol. 8: Vilna, Białystok, Nowogródek districts) // (English title: Pinkas hakehillot: encyclopedia of Jewish Communities: Poland vol. 8: Vilna, Białystok, Nowogródek districts) - edited by Shmuel Spector, published in Jerusalem, 2005.