Krasnopol, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
54°6′57″N 23°12′25″E / 54.11583°N 23.20694°E / 54.11583; 23.20694Krasnopol ([krasˈnɔpɔl]; Lithuanian: Krasnapolis[1]) is a village in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krasnopol. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Sejny and 111 km (69 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
Krasnopol was founded in 1770 on the order of Antoni Tyzenhauz in the Opidemie forest on the road from Sejny to Wigry and Suwałki. It was probably granted town privileges in 1782.
See also
- Krasnopol (weapon system)
References
Sources
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
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Gmina Krasnopol
- Krasnopol
- Aleksandrowo
- Buda Ruska
- Czarna Buchta
- Czerwony Krzyż
- Głuszyn
- Gremzdel
- Gremzdy Polskie
- Jegliniec
- Jeglówek
- Jeziorki
- Krasne
- Królówek
- Krucieniszki
- Linówek
- Łopuchowo
- Maćkowa Ruda
- Michnowce
- Mikołajewo
- Murowany Most
- Nowa Żubrówka
- Nowe Boksze
- Orlinek
- Pawłówka
- Piotrowa Dąbrowa
- Rudawka
- Ryżówka
- Skustele
- Smolany Dąb
- Stabieńszczyzna
- Stara Żubrówka
- Teklinowo
- Wysoka Góra
- Żłobin
- Żubronajcie
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