Woźnawieś (original) (raw)
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Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
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  Woźnawieś |
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| Coordinates: 53°40′N 22°46′E / 53.667°N 22.767°E / 53.667; 22.767 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Podlaskie |
| County | Grajewo |
| Gmina | Rajgród |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 19-206 |
| Area code | +48 86 |
| License plates | BGR |
Woźnawieś [vɔʑˈnavjɛɕ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajgród, within Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Rajgród, 21 km (13 mi) east of Grajewo, and 67 km (42 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok. It is located within the historic region of Podlachia.
Woźnawieś is the birthplace of Józef Sienkiewicz, father of Polish writer and Nobel Prize laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz.[2]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Jarosław Marczak. "Józef Sienkiewicz (syn)". Grajewiak.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 10, 2019.