Soce, Poland Explained

Soce
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hajnówka
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Narew
Coordinates:52.95°N 47°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Soce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narew, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) north-west of Narew, 270NaN0 north-west of Hajnówka, and 250NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Białystok.

The village is inhabited mostly by Orthodox Belarusians.

An ethnographic-tourist project called "The Land of Open Shutters" is realized in Soce. The main objective of this project is to preserve an original wooden architecture of cabin-like old cottages with intricately carved ornaments like vibrant and colourful shutters or dynamically designed edge guards.

Despite the recently increased modernisation, the traditional architecture is still in evidence.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.