Budry
Budry | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Holy Trinity church in Budry | |
  Budry Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 54°15′N 21°53′E / 54.250°N 21.883°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Węgorzewo |
| Gmina | Budry |
| Founded | 1565 |
| Population | |
• Total | 420 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NWE |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
Budry [ˈbudrɨ] is a village in Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Budry. It is located in the historic region of Masuria.
History
[edit]Budry was founded in 1565.[2]
In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 778, predominantly Polish by ethnicity, mostly employed in agriculture.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1882). O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich (in Polish). Lwów: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 536.
- ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warsaw. 1880. p. 441.
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