Jegliniec, Suwałki County Explained

See also: Jegliniec, Sejny County.

Jegliniec
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Suwałki
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Szypliszki
Coordinates:54.3056°N 23.1531°W
Pushpin Map:Poland

Jegliniec (; Lithuanian: Eglinė) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szypliszki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[1]

Remnants of a Yotvingian fortified settlement are located in this village.[2] The town was founded near the end of the 18th century in Grodno County, Trakai Voivodeship.[3] From 1975 to 1998, it was in Suwałki Voivodeship.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309210529/http://www.ug.szypliszki.wrotapodlasia.pl/pl/gm_szypli/gro_jegli.htm Official website of Szypliszki County (in Polish)
  3. Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі Т.2, Minsk 2013, s. 86.