Malesze | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bielsk |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Wyszki |
Coordinates: | 52.7939°N 22.9633°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 220 |
Malesze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 17km (11miles) west of Bielsk Podlaski and 390NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 285 people, among whom 76 were Roman Catholic, 195 Orthodox, and 14 Mosaic. At the same time, 71 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 198 Belarusian, 14 Jewish and 2 Russian. There were 53 residential buildings in the village.[2]