Paszkowszczyzna, Bielsk County

Paszkowszczyzna
Village
Paszkowszczyzna
Coordinates: 52°41′N 23°16′E / 52.683°N 23.267°E / 52.683; 23.267
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Bielsk
Gmina	Orla
Population	150

Paszkowszczyzna [paʂkɔfʂˈt͡ʂɨzna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Orla, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Bielsk Podlaski, and 49 km (30 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

The village has a population of 150.

It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141

Gmina Orla

Seat	Orla

Other villages	Antonowo-Kolonia Baranowce Czechy Zabłotne Dydule Gredele Gregorowce Koszele Koszki Krugłe Krywiatycze Malinniki Malinniki-Kolonia Mikłasze Moskiewce Oleksze Paszkowszczyzna Pawlinowo Reduty Spiczki Szczyty-Dzięciołowo Szczyty-Nowodwory Szernie Topczykały Wólka Wólka Wygonowska

Coordinates: 52°41′N 23°16′E / 52.683°N 23.267°E / 52.683; 23.267

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, November 08, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.