Wiłkopedzie (; ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.
Geography The village is located in the East Suwałki Lake District north of Lake Szejpiszki in the Protected Landscape Area on the Dziedulka River, a tributary of the Marycha River.
History In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 98 and 13 homes and in 1893 it was numbered at 225 people and 22 homes.
From 1957 to 1975, the village was administered as part of the Białystok Voivodeship.
Transport The village is located on the Sejny Land cycle trail Rygol - Zaboryszki leading through undulating, forested areas of the lake district in the borderland largely inhabited by Lithuanians; on the trail there are numerous monuments of Lithuanian folk architecture.
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