Trakiszki
Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
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Trakiszki ([traˈkiʂki]; Lithuanian: Trakiškė,[3] Trakiškiai[3]) 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.[4]
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  Trakiszki | |
| Coordinates: 54°15′N 23°12′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Puńsk |
| Population | 91[1] |
| Postal code | 16-515 [2] |
| Car plates | BSE |
Lithuanian Prime Minister Juozas Ambrazevičius was born in Trakiszki.
History
The noble village located at the end of the 18th century in the Grodno district of the Trakai voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[5]
In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 68 and 8 homes and in 1892 it was numbered at 148 people and 21 homes.[6]
According to the First General Population Census of 1921, the village of Trakiszki had 26 houses and 122 inhabitants. At that time, all inhabitants of the village declared the Roman Catholic religion. At the same time, most of the inhabitants of the village declared Lithuanian nationality (113 people), the rest declared Polish nationality (9 people).[7]
Tourist attractions
- Wooden railway station, 1896[8]
Transport
Trakiszki has a railway station along the rail line connecting Poland's standard gauge network with Lithuania's Russian gauge system.