Pogorzelec, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Pogorzelec | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 54°2′N 23°16′E / 54.033°N 23.267°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Sejny |
| Gmina | Giby |
| Population (2021) | 204 |
| Postal code | 16-506 |
| SIMC | 0757648 |
| Car plates | BSE |
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. It lies approximately 7 km (4 mi) west of Giby, 12 km (7 mi) south-west of Sejny, and 102 km (63 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
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.