Kleszczele

52°34′28″N 23°19′34″E / 52.57444°N 23.32611°E / 52.57444; 23.32611Country PolandVoivodeshipPodlaskieCountyHajnówkaGminaKleszczeleArea • Total46.71 km² (18.03 sq mi)Population • Total1,432 • Density31/km² (79/sq mi)Websitehttps://www.kleszczele.pl/

Kleszczele ([klɛʂˈt͡ʂɛlɛ], Ukrainian: Кліщелі Klishcheli, Belarusian: Кляшчэ́лі Kljaščè́li) is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. Prior to 1999, it was in Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998).

Demography

According to the 1921 census, Kleszczele was inhabited by:^[1]

Nationality	Population	Proportion
Poles	911	62.7%
Belarusians	349	24%
Jews	147	10.1%
Russians	45	3%
Total	1452	100.00%

Notable residents

The Yiddish playwright Peretz Hirschbein was born in Kleszczele in 1881.

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