In this village the Poles form only a 2% minority.

After the Russian minority, Poles certainly form the second largest minority group in Belarus.

The Poles formed 59,3% of population in the district area of the city.

Ukrainians and Poles formed the largest ethnic groups.

It has 4,503 inhabitants (2006), Poles form 23.2% of the population.

Today Poles form a majority: they constitute some 80% of the population within the Šalčininkai district municipality.

Poles formed the largest foreign contingent, 98,000-strong (the entire French Grande Armée was about 600,000 strong).

According to prewar statistics, ethnic Poles formed 60 percent of the population.

Poles formed a defence line using rifles, safe from fire inside bricked houses.

Poles in France form one of the oldest Polish diaspora communities in Europe.