Wiżajny

Also known as Wizhajny

Wiżajny (; ) is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wiżajny.

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Settlement.name: Wiżajny
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.image_skyline: Kościół p.w. św. Teresy w Wiżajnach.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Saint Theresa church in Wiżajny
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Podlaskie
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Suwałki
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Wiżajny
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1253
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Wiżajny
Country: Poland
Located in: Gmina Wiżajny
Population: 740
Elevation: 243
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Wiz.jezus.jpg
Licence plate code: BSU

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Commons category: Wiżajny
different from: Gmina Wiżajny
native label: Wiżajny
postal code: 16-407
described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
male population: 382
female population: 358

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==History== thumb|left|View of Wiżajny in the 1980s In the 6th-9th centuries this area has been inhabited by the Baltic tribe of Yotvingians. The first mention of the settlement comes from 1253 when it was recorded as "Weyze", which was most likely taken from the name of a nearby lake, which in turn was derived from the Lithuanian word vėžys, or crawfish. In the 14th century there was an inn next to the road from Vilkaviškis to Sejny. According to legend, in 1409 Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Władysław Jagiełło hunted aurochs here and hence called the place Stumbrinė.

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