Wierzchuca Nagórna | |
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: | Drohiczyn |
Coordinates: | 52.4833°N 56°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Wierzchuca Nagórna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Drohiczyn, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) north-west of Drohiczyn, 220NaN0 west of Siemiatycze, and 820NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 334 people, among whom 315 were Roman Catholic, 2 Orthodox, and 17 Mosaic. At the same time, 321 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 1 Belarusian and 12 Jewish. There were 50 residential buildings in the village.[2]