Korczowa
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Korczowa k is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Radymno
Gmina Radymno
Gmina Radymno is a rural gmina in Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine...

, within Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, close to the border with Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

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The village lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Radymno
Radymno
Radymno is a town in south-eastern Poland with 5,543 inhabitants . It has been part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since its creation in 1999. Radymno was previously in the Przemyśl Voivodeship from 1975–1998.-References:Notes...

, 29 km (18 mi) east of Jarosław, and 77 km (48 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

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In 2006 the village had a population of 660.

The Korczowa-Krakovets
Krakovets
Krakovets is a town in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the birthplace of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army general Roman Shukhevych.A border crossing into Poland is located at Krakovets. The town across the border in Poland is Korczowa....

 road border crossing with Ukraine is located nearby. As Poland became part of the Schengen Area in 21 December 2007, this border crossing is a Schengen external border. Korczowa is the eastern terminus of Poland's National Road 4
National roads in Poland
National road in Poland refers to a public trunk road controlled by the Polish central government authority, the General Directorship of National Roads and Motorways...

. In the future the eastern terminus of the Polish A4 motorway
Autostrada A4 (Poland)
The autostrada A4 in Poland is a motorway which runs from west to east through southern Poland, from the Polish-German border in Zgorzelec , through Wrocław, Katowice, Kraków, Tarnów, and Rzeszów to the Polish-Ukrainian border at Korczowa. The motorway is a part of the European route E40...

will be located here.
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