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Burzec | |
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  Burzec | |
| Coordinates: 51°47′N 22°16′E / 51.783°N 22.267°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Łuków |
| Gmina | Wojcieszków |
| Population | 850 |
Burzec [ˈbuʐɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojcieszków, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wojcieszków, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Łuków, and 64 km (40 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin.[1]
In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship.
In Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel The Deluge, the village is mentioned in the eleventh chapter as belonging to Jan Skrzetuski.[2]
In the interwar period, Sienkiewicz's cousin Stefan Dmochowski lived in the local manor, as well as his brother Roman, the owner of the village Sarnów.[3]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Henryk Sienkiewicz, Potop, Tom I, str. 230, wydanie z 1888 roku.
- ^ Emilia Stobińska-Józefacka: Palce lizać!, Lublin 1994, ISBN 83-03-03435-9, p. 39.