Malesze


Malesze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 285 people, among whom 76 were Roman Catholic, 195 Orthodox, and 14 Mosaic. At the same time, 71 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 198 Belarusian, 14 Jewish and 2 Russian. There were 53 residential buildings in the village.
The village has a population of 220.