Kąkolewnica Explained

Kąkolewnica
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Radzyń Podlaski
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Kąkolewnica Wschodnia
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.9333°N 65°W
Population Total:680

Kąkolewnica is a village in Radzyń Podlaski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kąkolewnica.[1] It lies approximately 18km (11miles) north of Radzyń Podlaski and 770NaN0 north of the regional capital Lublin.

Kąkolewnica became a unified village on 1 January 2011, formed from the formerly separate villages of Kąkolewnica Północna, Kąkolewnica Południowa, Kąkolewnica Wschodnia (north, south and east Kąkolewnica) and Rudnik.

World War II history

Kąkolewnica was the location of the communist killing fields at Uroczysko Baran – known in Poland as the "Little Katyn" – perpetrated during the advancement of the Red Army across the Polish territories in 1944–1945.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.