Sosnowica | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Parczew |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Sosnowica |
Coordinates: | 51.5219°N 23.0869°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 678 |
Sosnowica is a village in Parczew County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sosnowica. It lies approximately 20km (10miles) south-east of Parczew and 480NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Lublin.[1]
The Jewish partisan leader Chil Grynszpan was born in the town. The Jewish population of the town, which numbered 300 Jews, was eliminated during the Holocaust.
The village has a current population of 678.