Szczepiatyn
Szczepiatyn | |
|---|---|
Village | |
.jpg) Holy Trinity church in Szczepiatyn | |
  Szczepiatyn | |
| Coordinates: 50°25′32″N 23°49′12″E / 50.42556°N 23.82000°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Tomaszów Lubelski |
| Gmina | Ulhówek |
| Population | |
• Total | 210 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LTM |
Szczepiatyn [ʂt͡ʂɛˈpjatɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ulhówek, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Ulhówek, 29 km (18 mi) east of Tomaszów Lubelski, and 127 km (79 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.[1]
The village had a population of 256 people according to the 2011 census.[2]
History
[edit]Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. On the night of 26–27 March 1944, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army attacked the village and carried out a massacre of 21 Poles, including children as young as six.[3] Many inhabitants managed to flee the massacre.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Ulhówek (Rural Commune, Chełm-Zamość Subregion, Poland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ a b Jastrzębski, Stanisław (2007). Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947 (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Nortom. p. 199. ISBN 978-83-89684-04-2.
 | This Tomaszów Lubelski County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |