Zabłocie | |
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 |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.5°N 26°W |
Zabłocie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nurzec-Stacja, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) north-west of Nurzec-Stacja, 160NaN0 north-east of Siemiatycze, and 690NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 267 people, among whom 105 were Roman Catholic, 152 Orthodox, and 10 Mosaic. At the same time, 194 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 71 Belarusian, 1 Jewish and 1 another. There were 46 residential buildings in the village.[2]