Wojsławice | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chełm |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Wojsławice |
Coordinates: | 50.9192°N 23.5467°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1600 |
Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
Wojsławice is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wojsławice. It lies approximately 26km (16miles) south of Chełm and 780NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
The village is a common setting of many literary works by Polish writer Andrzej Pilipiuk, in particular, related to his fictional character Jakub Wędrowycz, who lives in the nearby village of Stary Majdan.[2] Since 2006, an annual fandom convention dedicated to has been taking place in Wojsławice, and a 3-meter tall wooden statue of the character has been raised in 2013.[3] [4]