Jasionówka, Mońki County

Jasionówka
Village
Jasionówka
Coordinates: 53°24′N 23°2′E / 53.400°N 23.033°E / 53.400; 23.033
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyMońki
GminaJasionówka
Population
(approx.)
860
Websitehttp://www.jasionowka.pl

Jasionówka ([jaɕɔˈnufka], Belarusian: Ясяноўка, Yiddish: יאַשינעווקע, romanized: Yashinovka) is a village in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jasionówka. It lies approximately 16 km (10 mi) east of Mońki and 33 km (21 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

Jasionówka had 1,154 Jewish residents in 1897, and 1,306 in 1921. Nearly all of them were murdered by the Germans in World War II.

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