Krasnopol | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sejny |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Krasnopol |
Coordinates: | 54.1158°N 23.2069°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1300 |
Krasnopol (; Lithuanian: Krasnapolis) is a village in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krasnopol. It lies approximately 11km (07miles) west of Sejny and 1110NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.
Krasnopol was founded in 1770 on the order of Antoni Tyzenhauz in the Opidemie forest on the road from Sejny to Wigry and Suwałki. It was probably granted town privileges in 1782.