Country Poland Gmina Wojcieszków Local time Tuesday 12:44 PM | County Łuków Population 850 Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship | |
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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.
Map of Burzec, Poland
In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship.
The village has a population of 850.
In Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel The Deluge, the village is mentioned in the eleventh chapter as belonging to Jan Skrzetuski.
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.
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