Trakiszki

Trakiszki ([traˈkiʂki]; Lithuanian: Trakiškė,^[3] Trakiškiai^[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] It lies approximately 2 km (1 mi) east of Puńsk, 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 126 km (78 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

Trakiszki
Village
Trakiszki
Coordinates: 54°15′N 23°12′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Puńsk
Population	91[1]
Postal code	16-515 [2]
Car plates	BSE

Lithuanian Prime Minister Juozas Ambrazevičius was born in Trakiszki.

History

The noble village located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.^[5]

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 68 and 8 homes and in 1892 it was numbered at 148 people and 21 homes.^[6]

According to the First General Population Census of 1921, the village of Trakiszki had 26 houses and 122 inhabitants. At that time, all inhabitants of the village declared the Roman Catholic religion. At the same time, most of the inhabitants of the village declared Lithuanian nationality (113 people), the rest declared Polish nationality (9 people).^[7]

Tourist attractions

• Wooden railway station, 1896^[8]

Transport

Trakiszki has a railway station along the rail line connecting Poland's standard gauge network with Lithuania's Russian gauge system.