Sankury

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Sankury 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. It lies approximately 11 km east of Puńsk, 13 km north of Sejny, and 125 km north of the regional capital Białystok. From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship. A WOP watchtower was stationed in Sankury.

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 64 and 6 homes and in 1890 it was numbered at 82 people and 8 homes.

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