Boćki ( be, Боцькі, uk, Ботьки, ''Bot’ky''; yi, בודקי) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in
Bielsk County,
Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
It is the seat of the
gmina (administrative district) called
Gmina Boćki
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Gmina Boćki is a Gmina, rural gmina (Polish:''gmina wiejska'') in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located north-eastern Poland.
Geography
Gmina Boćki is located in the geographical region of Europe known as the ''Wysoczyzn ...
. It lies approximately south-west of
Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital
Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 1.719 people, among whom 744 were Roman Catholic, 239 Orthodox, 11 Evangelical and 725 Mosaic. At the same time, 1.065 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 44 Belarusian, 2 Russian and 608 Jewish. There were 305 residential buildings in the village.
[''Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych.'', t. T. 5, województwo białostockie, 1924, s. 19.]
The village has a population of 1,500.
References
Villages in Bielsk County
Podlachian Voivodeship
Belsky Uyezd (Grodno Governorate)
Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Belastok Region
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