Country Poland Gmina Bircza Voivodeship Podkarpackie Voivodeship | County Przemyśl County Population 1,000 Local time Thursday 8:59 AM Number of airports 1 | |
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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.
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