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Krejwiany, Sejny County

Coordinates: 54°15′31″N 23°11′42″E / 54.25861°N 23.19500°E / 54.25861; 23.19500
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Krejwiany
Village
Krejwiany is located in Poland
Krejwiany
Krejwiany
Coordinates: 54°15′31″N 23°11′42″E / 54.25861°N 23.19500°E / 54.25861; 23.19500
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population
161 [1]
Postal code
16-515 [2]
Car platesBSE

Krejwiany ([krɛi̯ˈvjanɨ]; Lithuanian: Kreivėnai[3]) 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.[4]

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

History

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In 1827 the village population numbered 19 with 27 homes and in 1883 it the population numbered 230 with 31 homes.[5]

In the inter-war period a guard post of the Border Protection Corps was stationed here.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Population of Krejwiany".
  2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 618. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
  3. ^ VLKK 2002.
  4. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  5. ^ "Krejwiany(2)". Warsaw. 1883. p. 661.
  6. ^ "Szubański 1993". p. 275.

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