Smolany, Podlaskie Voivodeship Explained

Smolany
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sejny
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Puńsk
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.1833°N 36°W
Population Total:105 [1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:16-515 [2]
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:BSE

Smolany (; lt|Smalėnai) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[3] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) south-east of Puńsk, 130NaN0 north-west of Sejny, and 1190NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.

In the village there is the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Isidore the Ploughman and the seat of the parish.

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 69 and 7 homes, a primary school a brick-buit monastary church was built in 1839. in 1889 it was numbered at 253 people and 32 homes[4]

Tourist attractions

Smolany in Literature

Bloody silvers - a crime-sensation novel by Robert M. Rynkowski[6]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Smolany village . 2021-11-04 .
  2. Web site: Official list of post codes. October 2013. 1164. https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf . 2014-02-22.
  3. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  4. Web site: 1889 . Smolany1(2) . live . 893 . Warsaw.
  5. Book: Skurzyński, Piotr . Warmia, Mazury, Suwalszczyzna . 2004 . ISBN 83-7200-631-8 . Warsaw . 393 . Polish.
  6. Web site: Danilewicz . Iwona . 31 August 2023 . Recenzja książki "Krwawe srebrniki" Roberta M. Rynkowskiego . live.