Jegliniec, Suwałki County

Jegliniec ([jɛˈɡliɲɛt͡s]; Lithuanian: Eglinė[1]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szypliszki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[2]

Jegliniec
Village
Jegliniec is located in Poland
Jegliniec
Jegliniec
Coordinates: 54°18′20″N 23°09′11″E / 54.30556°N 23.15306°E / 54.30556; 23.15306
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySuwałki
GminaSzypliszki

Remnants of a Yotvingian fortified settlement are located in this village.[3] The town was founded near the end of the 18th century in Grodno County, Trakai Voivodeship.[4] From 1975 to 1998, it was in Suwałki Voivodeship.

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  1. ^ VLKK 2002.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Official website of Szypliszki County (in Polish), archived from the original March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Вялікі гістарычны атлас Беларусі Т.2, Minsk 2013, s. 86.

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