Krasna Wieś

Krasna Wieś
Village
Seventh-Day Adventist church in Krasna Wieś
Seventh-Day Adventist church in Krasna Wieś
Krasna Wieś is located in Poland
Krasna Wieś
Krasna Wieś
Coordinates: 52°39′N 23°10′E / 52.650°N 23.167°E / 52.650; 23.167
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyBielsk
GminaBoćki
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBBI

Krasna Wieś [ˈkrasna ˈvʲɛɕ] (Belarusian: Краснае Сяло, Podlachian; Krásne Sełó, West Polesian: Красне Село) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Boćki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Boćki, 14 km (9 mi) south of Bielsk Podlaski, and 52 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

Poland's sole Seventh-Day Adventist cemetery is located in the village.

According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 352 people, among whom 60 were Roman Catholic, 273 Orthodox, 12 Jewish and 7 different. At the same time, 350 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 2 Belarusian. There were 69 residential buildings in the village.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych., T. 5, województwo białostockie, 1924, s. 19.