Giby
Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giby ([ˈɡibɨ]; Lithuanian: Gibai[2]) is a village in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania.[3] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Giby. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Sejny and 103 km (64 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok. It lies between the lakes of Gieret and Pomorze, the Marycha River flows through the village.
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Coordinates: 54°2′N 23°22′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
County | Sejny |
Gmina | Giby |
Population (2011)[1] | 538[1] |
Postal code | 16-506 |
Area code | +48 87 |
SIMC | 0757499 |
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The village was established in 1594.
Today's Catholic church of St. Anne (1912) originally served Old Believers in Pogorzelec village, from where it was moved to Giby in 1982.
- "Wieś Giby (podlaskie) » mapy, nieruchomości, GUS, noclegi, regon, atrakcje, kod pocztowy, wypadki drogowe, edukacja, kierunkowy, demografia, zabytki, tabele, statystyki, drogi publiczne". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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