Kleszczele

Kleszczele
Orthodox Church of the Dormition
Coat of arms
Kleszczele
Coordinates: 52°34′28″N 23°19′34″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Hajnówka
Gmina	Kleszczele
Area
• Total	46.71 km2 (18.03 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,432
• Density	31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Website	https://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:

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.