Biskupice, Lublin Voivodeship
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Poland
PolandPopulation890
Biskupice | |
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Village | |
  Biskupice | |
| Coordinates: 51°8′N 22°57′E / 51.133°N 22.950°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Świdnik |
| Gmina | Trawniki |
| Population | 890 |
Biskupice [biskuˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trawniki, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
In 1921, there was a Jewish population of 129 people.[2] During the Holocaust, the town's Jewish population suffered tremendously. A group of 120 to 200 Jews from Kraków, Poland were sent to Biskupice, Lublin district. In February 1942 a transport of 600 Jews was directed to the Bełżec extermination camp. Other Jews in the ghetto apparently were sent to Majdanek. The Jewish community ceased to exist after March 1942.[3]
The village has a current population of 890.
