Bircza

Bircza
Village
Bircza
Bircza
Coordinates: 49°41′32″N 22°28′46″E / 49.69222°N 22.47944°E / 49.69222; 22.47944
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Przemyśl County
Gmina	Bircza
Population	1,000
Website	http://www.Bircza.pl

Bircza [ˈbirt͡ʂa] (Ukrainian: Бірча) is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bircza. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of Przemyśl and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.^[1] The village has a population of 1,000.

In Bircza was born Orthodox metropolitan Yov Boretsky and Jan Komski.

Before World War II, the Bircza area was home to a large Jewish community. Nearly all of them were murdered during the ensuing Holocaust.

References

External links

• Gmina Bircza official website
• Bircza genealogy and research website

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bircza.

Gmina Bircza
Seat	Bircza
Other villages	Boguszówka Borownica Brzeżawa Brzuska Dobrzanka Huta Brzuska Jasienica Sufczyńska Jawornik Ruski Korzeniec Kotów Krajna Kuźmina Leszczawa Dolna Leszczawa Górna Leszczawka Lipa Łodzinka Dolna Łodzinka Górna Łomna Malawa Nowa Wieś Roztoka Rudawka Stara Bircza Sufczyna Wola Korzeniecka Żohatyn

Coordinates: 49°41′32″N 22°28′46″E / 49.69222°N 22.47944°E / 49.69222; 22.47944