Aleksandrów | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Biłgoraj |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Aleksandrów |
Coordinates: | 50.4644°N 22.9061°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 3135 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | LBL |
Website: | http://www.aleksandrow.gmina.woi.lublin.pl |
Aleksandrów is a village in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Aleksandrów. It lies approximately 16km (10miles) south-east of Biłgoraj and 910NaN0 south of the regional capital Lublin.
During the German occupation (World War II), Aleksandrów was in the midst of partisan activity against the local German garrison, and the ensuing Operation Sturmwind II that culminated in the Battle of Osuchy. The village endured five pacifications in 1942–1944, with an estimated number of some 290–500 Poles murdered.