See also: Paszkowszczyzna, Hajnówka County.
| Paszkowszczyzna | |
| 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: | Orla |
| Coordinates: | 52.6833°N 39°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Population Total: | 150 |
Paszkowszczyzna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-west of Orla, 110NaN0 south-east of Bielsk Podlaski, and 490NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 129 people, among whom 113 Orthodox, and 16 Mosaic. At the same time, 113 inhabitants declared Belarusian nationality, 16 Jewish . There were 48 residential buildings in the village.[2]
It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.[3]