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Sankury
Village
Sankury
Coordinates: 54°14′N 23°21′E / 54.233°N 23.350°E / 54.233; 23.350
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Puńsk
Population	37
Postal code	16-515
Car plates	BSE

Sankury (; Lithuanian: Sankūrai) 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. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Puńsk, 13 km (8 mi) north of Sejny, and 125 km (78 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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

A WOP watchtower was stationed in Sankury.

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 64 and 6 homes and in 1890 it was numbered at 82 people and 8 homes.

References

1. "Population of Sankury village". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
2. "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
3. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
4. "Sonkury al. Sankury". Warsaw. 1890. p. 73.

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