Rogacze
village in Podlaskie, Poland
Rogacze [rɔˈɡat͡ʂɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milejczyce, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is situated on the Nurczyk River.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 299 people, among whom 12 were Roman Catholic, 264 Orthodox, and 23 Jewish. At the same time, 19 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 255 Belarusian and 16 Jewish. There were 54 residential buildings in the village.
“Rogacze” enters the record as village in Podlaskie, Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rogacze, village and Podlaskie can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Rogacze” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Rogacze, village and Podlaskie provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2002693. Authority coordinates are 52.517, 23.233. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rogacze” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.