Uchanie | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hrubieszów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Uchanie |
Coordinates: | 50.9083°N 23.65°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Uchanie is a village in Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Uchanie. It lies approximately 20km (10miles) north-west of Hrubieszów and 840NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
Upon the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Uchanie had a population of 1,161 Jews. The Jewish population was sent to nearby Hrubieszów, from where they were sent to the Sobibór extermination camp. The Jewish community then ceased to exist.[2]