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Wiązownica, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Wiązownica
Village
Church of Saint Valentine and the Virgin Mary
Church of Saint Valentine and the Virgin Mary
Wiązownica is located in Poland
Wiązownica
Wiązownica
Coordinates: 50°4′N 22°42′E / 50.067°N 22.700°E / 50.067; 22.700
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountyJarosław
GminaWiązownica
Population
 • Total
1,700

Wiązownica [vʲɔ̃zɔvˈɲit͡sa] 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 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Jarosław and 50 km (31 mi) 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.

Destroyed church, around 1915

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