Wiązownica, Podkarpackie Voivodeship Explained

See also: Wiązownica, Podlaskie Voivodeship.

Wiązownica
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Subcarpathian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jarosław
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wiązownica
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:50.0667°N 64°W
Population Total:1700

Wiązownica is a village in Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wiązownica.[1]

It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Jarosław and 500NaN0 east of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The village was the site of the Wiązownica massacre in 1945 in which Ukrainian nationalists slaughtered around 100 Polish civilians.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.