Puńsk

Puńsk (; ) is a village in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland, seat of the Gmina Puńsk in the Sejny County. It is located only from the border with Lithuania.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Puńsk
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Puńsk, Poland - panoramio (9).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of the Assumption in Puńsk
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Podlaskie
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Sejny
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Puńsk
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement.registration_plate: BSE

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Early history
Middle Ages
Lithuanian Crusade
Modern era
Interwar period
World War II
Contemporary history
Demographics
References
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Puńsk (; ) is a village in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland, seat of the Gmina Puńsk in the Sejny County. It is located only from the border with Lithuania.

==History==

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