Narewka
Narewka [naˈrɛfka] (Belarusian: На́раўка) is a village in eastern Poland, with its population estimated at 935 residents (as of 2011).[1] It is located in Gmina Narewka, Hajnówka County, within Podlaskie Voivodeship.[2] The village is located near Poland's border with Belarus. Many of its residents belong to Poland's Belarusian minority.
Narewka | |
|---|---|
 Galeria Tamary Sołoniewicz | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Narewka  Narewka | |
| Coordinates: 52°50′10″N 23°45′27″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Hajnówka County |
| Gmina | Gmina Narewka |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 935 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 17-220 |
| Area code | +48 85 |
| Car plates | BHA |
The village has Polish Catholic and Belarusian Eastern Orthodox churches. It used to have a synagogue, but it was destroyed by the local Jewish population, angered after the Red Army, which had invaded Poland in 1939, desecrated the synagogue by turning it into a storage building. Narewka's significant Jewish community eventually perished in the Holocaust and has not been restored.
It is in one of five Polish-Belarusian bilingual regions 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.[3]
References
- "Wieś Narewka (podlaskie) » mapy, GUS, nieruchomości, noclegi, atrakcje, kod pocztowy, regon, wypadki drogowe, kierunkowy, edukacja, demografia, zabytki, statystyki, tabele, linie kolejowe". Polska w liczbach. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "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
External links
Memorial for Danuta Siedzikówna
