Nurzec-Stacja | |
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 |
Coordinates: | 52.4631°N 23.0872°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 2000 |
Nurzec-Stacja is a village in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nurzec-Stacja. It lies approximately 16km (10miles) east of Siemiatycze and 730NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 156 people, among whom 81 were Roman Catholic, 30 Orthodox, 7 Evangelical and 38 Mosaic. At the same time, 91 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 26 Belarusian, 1 German and 38 Jewish. There were 16 residential buildings in the village.[2]