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Country
  
Gmina
  
Bircza

Voivodeship
  
Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Population
  
1,000

Local time
  
Thursday 8:59 AM

Number of airports
  
1

Bircza

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 63% Humidity

Bircza [ˈbirt͡ʂa] (Ukrainian: Бі́рча) 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. The village has a population of 1,000.

Map of Bircza, Poland

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

Bircza Wikipedia


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