Skarkiszki

Skarkiszki ([skarˈkiʂki]; Lithuanian: Skarkiškiai[3]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.

[4] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 121 km (75 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

From 1975-1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 8 and 1 house and in 1889 it was numbered at 44 people and 8 homes.

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