Woźnawieś

Woźnawieś
Village
Woźnawieś
Coordinates: 53°40′N 22°46′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Grajewo
Gmina	Rajgród
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	19-206
Area code	+48 86
License plates	BGR

Woźnawieś [vɔʑˈnavjɛɕ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajgród, within Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Rajgród, 21 km (13 mi) east of Grajewo, and 67 km (42 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok. It is located within the historic region of Podlachia.

Woźnawieś is the birthplace of Józef Sienkiewicz, father of Polish writer and Nobel Prize laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz.^[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Jarosław Marczak. "Józef Sienkiewicz (syn)". Grajewiak.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 10, 2019.