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Sejwy | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 54°12′35″N 23°11′33″E / 54.20972°N 23.19250°E | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 66[1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Sejwy ([ˈsɛi̯vɨ]; Lithuanian: Seivas[3]) 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.[4]
The royal village of the Grodno economy was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai Voivodeship.[5]
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 56 and 3 homes and in 1889 it was numbered at 39 people and 10 homes.[6]
In the period of the Second Republic of Poland, Colonel Włodzimierz Wołkowicki became a military settler in the Sejwy.[7]
Until 1952 the village was the seat of the gmina Sejwy.