Gregorowce

{{Infobox settlement | name = Gregorowce | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Cmentarz Niemiecki 1915r.jpg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Bielsk | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Orla | coordinates = {{coord|52|39|N|23|15|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | elevation_m = | population_total = 200 | population_footnotes = (approx.) | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 }} '''Gregorowce''' {{IPAc-pl|g|r|e|g|o|'|r|o|f|c|e}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.{{TERYT}}

It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the ''Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages'', which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.<ref>Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141</ref>

==History== According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 175 people, among whom 170 Orthodox, and 5 Jewish. At the same time, 23 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 152 Belarusian. There were 40 residential buildings in the village.<ref>''Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych.'', t. T. 5, województwo białostockie, 1924, s. 19.</ref>

Five Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.<ref>{{cite book|author= |title=Zestawienie Miejsc Zbrodni Popełnionych na Ludności Cywilnej przez Okupanta Hitlerowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich w latach 1939–1945|year=2022|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=230|isbn=978-83-954388-3-7}}</ref>

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Category:Villages in Bielsk County