Kąkolewnica
Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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Kąkolewnica [kɔnkɔlɛvˈnit͡sa] is a village in Radzyń County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kąkolewnica.
Kąkolewnica | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Church of Saint Philip Neri | |
  Kąkolewnica Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 51°56′N 22°43′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Radzyń |
| Gmina | Kąkolewnica Wschodnia |
| Population | |
• Total | 680 |
Kąkolewnica became a unified village on 1 January 2011, formed from the formerly separate villages of Kąkolewnica Północna, Kąkolewnica Południowa, Kąkolewnica Wschodnia (north, south and east Kąkolewnica) and Rudnik.
World War II history
Kąkolewnica was the location of the communist killing fields at Uroczysko Baran – known in Poland as the "Little Katyn" – perpetrated during the advancement of the Red Army across the Polish territories in 1944–1945.[2]