Trzcianne

Trzcianne
Village
Trzcianne is located in Poland
Trzcianne
Trzcianne
Coordinates: 53°20′N 22°41′E / 53.333°N 22.683°E / 53.333; 22.683
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyMońki
GminaTrzcianne
Population
610

Trzcianne ([ˈtʂt͡ɕannɛ]; Yiddish: טרעסטיני, romanizedTrestiny; Lithuanian: Tšcianai) is a village in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Trzcianne. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Mońki and 41 km (25 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok. It is close to Biebrza National Park.

Trzcianne was the location of one of many Roman Catholic churches where the priests had to know the Lithuanian language according to the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander Jagiellon in 1501