Narew, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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| Coordinates: 52°54′46″N 23°31′15″E / 52.91278°N 23.52083°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Hajnówka |
| Gmina | Narew |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Narew [ˈnarɛf] is a village in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Narew. It lies approximately 21 km (13 mi) north of Hajnówka and 33 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.
History
Narew was founded in 1514. It was a royal town of Poland, administratively located in the Bielsk County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province.[2]
It lost its town status on May 24, 1934.
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Nazi Germany until 1944. The Germans took local Jews out of the town and later killed them.[3]
Demography
The most spoken languages in Narew according to the Russian Imperial Census of 1897:[4]
| Language | Population | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Yiddish | 601 | 41.91% |
| Ukrainian | 532 | 37.1% |
| Polish | 250 | 17.43% |
| Russian | 46 | 3.21% |
| Lithuanian | 3 | 0.21% |
| Belarusian | 1 | 0.07% |
| German | 1 | 0.07% |
| Total | 1,434 | 100.00% |
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo podlaskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2021. p. 1.
- ^ Hawryluk, Jerzy (8 November 2018). "Над Бугом і Нарвою - український часопис Підляшшя". Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2020. (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России". Демоскоп Weekly. (in Russian)