Kuryłówka | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Subcarpathian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Leżajsk |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Kuryłówka |
Coordinates: | 50.2972°N 22.4647°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1711[1] |
Kuryłówka is a village in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kuryłówka. It lies on the navigable San River, approximately 5km (03miles) north-east of Leżajsk and 440NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[2] The village is located in the historical region Galicia.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1515, although the settlement in this place already existed in Roman times. In 1978, Aleksandra Gruszczyńska from the District Museum in Rzeszów conducted archaeological research during which the remains of a settlement from the Roman period were discovered. June 29, 1944 invasion of Kalmyks.It was the site of anti-communist resistance after World War II (see: Battle of Kurylowka). In 2007 it was damaged by a waterspout.
Voivodeship road 877 passes through Kuryłówka.