- Source: Widugiery
Widugiery ([viduˈɡʲɛrɨ]; Lithuanian: Vidugiriai lit. middle of the forest) 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 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 10 km (6 mi) north of Sejny, and 121 km (75 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship
History
The noble village was located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai voivodeship.
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 175 and 18 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 409 people and 43 homes.
Tourist attractions
wooden granary in homestead No. 1, 2nd half of the 19th century.
References
Sources
VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
