Gmina Wąsosz (Powiat Grajewski)
| Gmina Wąsosz | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Podlaskie | ||
| Powiat : | Grajewo | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 31 ' N , 22 ° 19' E | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 19-222 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 86 | ||
| License plate : | BGR | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 18 school offices | ||
| Surface: | 117.92 km² | ||
| Residents: | 3615 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 31 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 2004062 | ||
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| Address: | pl. Rzędziana 8 19-222 Wąsosz |
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| Website : | www.gminawasosz.pl | ||
The Gmina Wąsosz is a rural community in the powiat Grajewski of the Podlaskie Voivodeship in Poland . Their seat is the village of the same name (German: Wagenschoss ; Lithuanian: Vonsošas ).
structure
The rural community (gmina wiejska) Wąsosz includes 19 localities with a school administration office (sołectwo) :
- Bagienice
- Bukowo Duże
- Jaki
- Kędziorowo
- Komosewo
- Kudłaczewo
- Ławsk
- Łempice
- Modzele
- Niebrzydy
- Nieciki
- Sulewo-Kownaty
- Sulewo-Prusy
- Szymany
- Wąsosz (German: Wagenschoss )
- Zalesie
- Żebry
Other places in the municipality are Kolonia Gródź, Kolonia Łazy, Kolonie Ławsk and Żebry.
Wąsosz pogrom
During the Second World War , at least 70 Jews were murdered by Polish anti-Semites in the Wąsosz pogrom on July 5, 1941 . According to other sources, there were up to 250 victims - almost the entire Jewish population of the village.
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ http://cuni.georeferencer.com/compare#
- ↑ http://cuni.georeferencer.com/compare#
- ^ Sara Bender: Not Only in Jedwabne: Accounts of the Annihilation of the Jewish Shtetlach in North-eastern Poland in the Summer of 1941 . In: Holocaust Studies . 19, No. 1, 2013, pp. 1-38. doi : 10.1080 / 17504902.2013.11087369 .