Giby

Giby
Village
Saint Anne Church
Interactive map of Giby
Giby
Coordinates: 54°2′N 23°22′E / 54.033°N 23.367°E / 54.033; 23.367
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaGiby
Population
 (2011)
538
Postal code
16-506
Area code+48 87
SIMC0757499

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.

The village 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.

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