Czeremcha, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Czeremcha
Village
Czeremcha Roman Catholic church
Czeremcha
Coordinates: 52°31′7″N 23°20′53″E / 52.51861°N 23.34806°E / 52.51861; 23.34806
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Hajnówka
Gmina	Czeremcha
Population	3,774
Website	http://www.czeremcha.com.pl

Czeremcha [t͡ʂɛˈrɛmxa] (Belarusian: Черемха, Cheremkha) is a village in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.^[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czeremcha. It lies approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) south-west of Hajnówka and 68 km (42 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

The village has a population of 3,774. It is a rail junction, with connections going westwards to Siedlce, northwards to Bielsk Podlaski and eastwards to Hajnówka. At the start of WWII it was the site of an aerial bombardment described by journalist Mendel Moses. http://archive.jta.org/article/1939/11/09/2848459/saga-of-2-months-of-war-told-by-mozes-left-warsaw-under-hail-of-bombs-bullets

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Czeremcha

Seat	Czeremcha

Other villages	Berezyszcze Bobrówka Borki, Chlewiszcze Czeremcha-Wieś Derhawka Gajki Jancewicze Konik Kuzawa Opaka Duża Opalowanka Osyp Piszczatka Podorabie Pohulanka Połowce Pożniki Repiszcza Sielakiewicz Stawiszcze Terechy Turowszczyzna Wólka Terechowska Zubacze

Coordinates: 52°31′7″N 23°20′53″E / 52.51861°N 23.34806°E / 52.51861; 23.34806

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