Pogorzelec, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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Pogorzelec
Village
Pogorzelec
Coordinates: 54°2′N 23°16′E / 54.033°N 23.267°E / 54.033; 23.267
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaGiby
Founded18th century
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
204
Postal code
16-506
SIMC0757648
Car platesBSE

Pogorzelec [pɔɡɔˈʐɛlɛt͡s], is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Giby, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania.

In the village there was a wooden molna built in 1912. In 1982 it was transported to Giby at present it is the Roman Catholic parish church of St Anna. Remains of an Old Believers' cemetery have been preserved to this day in Pogorzelec.

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