Wiłkopedzie 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 10 km south-east of Puńsk, 10 km north-west of Sejny, and 119 km north of the regional capital Białystok. From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.

Geography

The village is located in the East Suwałki Lake District north of Lake Szejpiszki in the Protected Landscape Area on the Dziedulka River, a tributary of the Marycha River.

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 98 and 13 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 225 people and 22 homes. From 1957 the villages administartion was governed by the Białystok Voivodeship until 1975 when the Suwałki Voivodeship was created and the village was administratively governed by them until the year 1998.

Transport

The village is located on the Sejny Land cycle trail Rygol - Zaboryszki leading through undulating, forested areas of the lake district in the borderland largely inhabited by Lithuanians; on the trail there are numerous monuments of Lithuanian folk architecture.

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