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Pełele

Coordinates: 54°13′N 23°17′E / 54.217°N 23.283°E / 54.217; 23.283
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Pełele
Village
Pełele is located in Poland
Pełele
Pełele
Coordinates: 54°13′N 23°17′E / 54.217°N 23.283°E / 54.217; 23.283
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population
147 [1]
Postal code
16-515 [2]
Car platesBSE

Pełele ([pɛˈwɛlɛ]; Lithuanian: Peleliai[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] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 123 km (76 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

In June and July 2001, the filming of Squint Your Eyes took place in the Pełele.

History

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The noble village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai Voivodeship [5]

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 42 and 6 homes and in 1886 it was numbered at 166 people and 21 homes.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Population of Pełele". 2021-11-04.
  2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 908. 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. ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі. Minsk. 2013. p. 87.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Pełele". Warsaw. 1886. p. 940.

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