Country Poland Gmina Giby Local time Monday 8:49 PM | County Sejny Population (approx.) 1,000 Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship | |
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Giby [ˈɡibɨ] (Lithuanian: Gibai), is a village in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Giby. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Sejny and 103 km (64 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
Map of Giby, Poland
The village has an approximate population of 1,000. It was established in 1594.
Today's Catholic church of St. Anne (1912) originally served Old Believers in Pogorzelec village, from where it was moved to Giby in 1982.
References
Giby Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA