| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
|---|---|
| County | Bielsk |
| Gmina | Orla |
| Coordinates | 52°41′N 23°18′E |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| Time zone (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Szernie /szerńe/ is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
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.[1]
History
Three Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.[2]