Pelch ( Polish: Pełch ) is a village in Poland , part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship , Siemiatyczka County , Commune Perleevo . It is located on the right bank of the Pelhuvka River (a tributary of Nuzhtsa ) about 6 km northwest of Perleevo , 32 km northwest of Siemiatycze , and 73 km southwest of Bialystok . According to the 2011 census, 305 people lived in the village [1] .
| Village | |
| Pelch | |
|---|---|
| polish Pełch | |
| A country |  Poland |
| Voivodship | Podlaskie |
| County | Siemiatychensky |
| Rural gmina | Perleevo |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 305 people ( 2011 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +48 85 |
| Postcode | 17-322 |
| Car code | BSI |
| SIMC | |
In 1975-1998, the village was part of the Lomza Voivodeship.
History
In 1434, the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund Keistutovich donated the lands, which included the village of Pelkh, to the gentry Nikolai Nasuta from Miedzyrzecz [2] . Later, the lands belonged to Kosinsky , Vodynsky , Oborsky and Ossolinsky from Rudka.
At the end of the 19th century, Pelkh (Pelhi) was a peasant village on the Pelkhovka River, with Stefanovo folklore, in the Belsky district of the Grodno province . There were 40 houses and 431 residents in the village. There was also a water mill , sandy soil, rye was grown, some meadows, and the local forest was used for construction [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Pełch // polskawliczbach.pl
- ↑ Pelch (Polish) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries , Volume VIII (Perepiatycha - Pożajście) of 1887
- ↑ Pelch (Polish) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries , Volume VII (Netrebka - Perepiat) of 1886