Werbkowice
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Werbkowice | |
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Village | |
_-_DSC02211-DSC02213_v2.jpg) Palace in Werbkowice | |
  Werbkowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°45′N 23°46′E / 50.750°N 23.767°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Hrubieszów |
| Gmina | Werbkowice |
| Population | 3,098 |
Werbkowice [vɛrpkɔˈvit͡sɛ] (Ukrainian: Вербковичі) is a village in Hrubieszów County, southeast part of the Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Werbkowice. It lays west of Hrubieszów, along the Huczwa river. Through it runs National Road no. 74.
According to the 2011 Polish census, the village has a population of 2941 and by population it is the biggest village in Werbkowice's gmina.
The name "Werbkowice" is connected with the local flora of the area and derives from the word "willow." Its equivalent in the Ruthenian language is the word verba or verbka. Today, in this form, the word exists in the Ukrainian language as верба (verba, "willow"). Moreover, in Silesia, the Wrbsky family was quite well known; in modern spelling, their name would be written as Wierzbiccy or Wierzbowscy.
